Skip to main content

Table 1 Demographics (mean ± standard deviation) of the sample populations of the different stakeholder groups interviewed across the study sites. (hh = household)

From: Use of non-timber forest products from invasive alien Prosopis species (mesquite) and native trees in South Africa: implications for management

Stakeholder category

Mean age (yrs)

Gender (% male)

Race group (%)

Education of hh head (yrs)

Mean no. people in hh

Mean no. wage earners per hh

Mean no. state grants per hh

Mean no. state pensions per hh

Modal income bracket (Thousands of Rand/month)

Farmers

53 ± 134

81

Coloured (12)

13 ± 3

3 ± 1

2 ± 0

0 ± 0

0 ± 0

30-40

White (88)

Communal rural

47 ± 16

47

Black (25)

7 ± 4

5 ± 3

1 ± 1

2 ± 1

1 ± 1

0-5

Coloured (75)

Urban-Affluent

48 ± 13

57

Black (8)

14 ± 2

3 ± 1

2 ± 1

0 ± 0

0 ± 0

>40

Coloured (4)

White (88)

Urban-Informal

48 ± 33

38

Black (28)

8 ± 4

5 ± 3

1 ± 1

1 ± 1

1 ± 1

0-5

Coloured (72)