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Table 5 Purpose of getting credit

From: Gender differences in access and use of selected productive resources among sweet potato farmers in Uganda

Credit purpose

Male-headed households

Female-headed households

f

Responses, %

f

Responses, %

Small business capital

13

18.8

9

30.0

Education (pay school fees)

13

18.8

4

13.3

Buy farm inputs (seeds, chemicals)

19

27.5

7

23.3

Payment for farm labor

12

17.4

6

20.0

Personal (medical and home)

12

17.4

4

13.3

Total

69a

100.0

30a

100.0

  1. aTotal number of responses (f) may be more than 100 due to multiple responses.