Assessment of the Adoption and Determinants of Food Garden Initiative by Peri-Urban Dwellers in Ray Nkonyeni Municipality, South Africa

Figures & Tables

Characteristics	Frequency (n = 360)	Percent
Employment status of the HH
Unemployed	172	47.8
Employed Part-time	72	20.0
Employed Full-time	116	32.2
No. of employed hh members
No members	83	23.1
1–2	242	67.2
3–4	28	7.8
5–6	6	1.7
> 6	1	3
Total monthly income
> R1000	23	6.4
R1000–R2000	92	25.6
R2001–R3000	106	29.4
R3001–R4000	68	18.9
R4001–R5000	35	9.7
Over R5000	35	10.0
Total no. of sources of household income
1 source of income	248	68.9
2 sources of income	96	26.7
3 sources of income	16	4.4
Sources of income
Wages	252	70.0
Pension	86	23.9
Family business	8	2.2
Informal income	15	4.2
Social welfare grants	123	34.2

Characteristics	Frequency (n = 360)	Percent
Participation in food gardening
Not participating	99	27.5
Participating	261	72.5
Type of garden	116	32.2
Home garden	221	84.7
Community garden	40	15.3
Reason for gardening
Own consumption	238	91.2
Income generation	39	6.1
Improve health and nutrition	16	14.9
Number of active hh members
1–3	242	93.1
4–6	15	5.7
7–9	2	0.8
> 9	1	0.4
Source of irrigation
Taps	190	72.8
Rainwater tanks	104	39.8
Dam	52	19.9
Borehole	1	0.4
Spring	1	0.4
No irrigation	3	1.1

Characteristics	Frequency (n = 360)	Percent
Race
African	357	99.2
Colored	3	0.8
Gender of the HH
Male	111	30.8
Female	249	69.2
Age
18–30	18	5.0
31–40	58	16.1
41–50	80	22.2
51–60	97	26.9
61–70	76	21.1
71–80	24	6.7
over 80	7	1.9
Marital status of the HH
Single	196	54.4
Married	98	27.2
Divorced	31	8.6
Widow	23	6.4
Cohabiting	12	3.3
Level of formal education of the HH
No education	30	8.3
Primary school	86	23.9
High school	201	55.8
Tertiary	43	11.9
Household structure
Formal (own)	322	89.5
Informal (own)	12	3.3
Renting	26	7.2
No of household members
1–3	101	28.1
4–6	181	50.3
7–9	74	20.6
> 9	4	1.1
Access to land
Yes	303	84.2
No	57	15.8
Experience of the HH in agriculture
Yes	291	80.8
No	69	19.2

Variables	Coefficients B	AOR	P value
Constant	0.954	2.596	0.488
Age (Reference 18–30 years)
31–40	–.378	.685	.741
41–50	.560	1.751	.634
51–60	.271	1.452	.819
61–60	.373	1.452	.775
71–80	–.060	.941	.967
>81	–1.234	.291	.459
Education (Reference = No formal education)
Primary education	.625	1.869	.361
Matric	1.186	3.274	.121
Tertiary education	1.887	6.599	.070^**
Number of household members
Reference 1–3 = members
4–6 members	.886	2.426	.042^*
7–9 members	1.813	6.126	.008^*
> 9 members	19.672	350 234 731.78	1.000
Number of employed household members
(Reference = no employed members)
1–2 members employed	–.444	.641	.430
3–4 employed	–.913	.401	.282
> 4	–25.460	.000	.999
Marital status (Reference = single)
Married	–.183	.833	.690
Divorced	2.257	9.552	.097^**
Widowed	–.867	.420	.218
Cohabiting	–1.670	.188	.244
Dwelling type (Reference point= formal housing)
Informal	1.454	4.282	.236
Renting	1.330	3.780	.246
Access to land	4.897	133.882	<0.001^*
Agric experience	2.518	12.398	<0.001^*