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Table 2 Characteristics of respondents with respect to water control
Variable
Rainfed
(WC1)
Canal
(WC2)
Surface Water
(SW) manual
(WC3a)
Ground Water
(GW) manual
(WC3b)
Surface Water
(SW) motor
pump
(WC4a)
Ground Water
(GW) motor
pump
(WC4b)
Total
respondents
per WC
18
47
19
29
20
2
Number of
male
respondents
13
38
15
22
19
2
Number of
female
respondents
5
9
4
7
1
0
% of sample
households
with women
as head of the
household
3.7
6.7
3.0
5.2
0.7
0.0
Average age
of the head of
the household
48.6
39.7 40.3
40.1
42.0
55.5
Average years
of education
of the head of
the household
5
6
6
6
6
7
Average
number of
full-time farm
workers/
family
2.1
1.9
2.2
1.8
2.0
2.5
No. of family
members
above
16 years of
age
46
101
54
73
58
8
No. of family
members who
are in trade or
have a regular
job
6
2
4
8
7
0
No. of family
members who
are engaged
in farming or
farm labour
or non-farm
casual work
27
63
41
50
39
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J. J. Kashaigili