*3.1.2 Gender of respondents*

Gender issues in climate change have recently become important because of the social, spatial and economic contexts within which the change is perceived and responded by gender. The gender distribution of the respondents as shown in **Figure 2** indicated that 95% of the respondents are males while, female's farmers constituted only 5%. The result shows that majority of the farmers are males in


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**Table 2.** *Household size.*

*3.1.3 Household size*

**Figure 2.**

on climate change effects.

*Source: Field Survey (2019)*

*Effects of Demographic Characteristics for Farmers' to Climate Change in Bunkure, Nigeria*

the area and this has connection with the culture of the people in Kano where male engaged in all activities including agriculture in order to provide food for their families. This is in agreement with other related studies by [22, 23], that the agricultural sector and the tedious activities related to climate change adaptation strategies are dominated by males. On the other hand, the study contradict the findings of [24] on farmer's perception on the effect of climate change and variation on urban agriculture in Ibadan Metropolis, South-western Nigeria were

The size of household as indicated in the **Table 2** shows that less than half (45%) of the respondents had a household size of between 6–10 persons while households with 11–15 persons constituted (33%). This implies that on the average, a typical household size is about 11 persons. This indicated that the greater the size of the household the greater the chances of being engaged in farming and more awareness

**Household size Frequency Percentage** <5 13 3.8 6–10 157 45.2 11–15 113 32.6 16–20 44 12.7 >20 20 5.8 **Total 347 100**

66.9% of their respondents were females while 33.1% were males.

*Distribution of Respondent's gender. Source: Field survey (2019)*.

*DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.95988*

**Table 1.** *Age of respondents.* *Effects of Demographic Characteristics for Farmers' to Climate Change in Bunkure, Nigeria DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.95988*

the area and this has connection with the culture of the people in Kano where male engaged in all activities including agriculture in order to provide food for their families. This is in agreement with other related studies by [22, 23], that the agricultural sector and the tedious activities related to climate change adaptation strategies are dominated by males. On the other hand, the study contradict the findings of [24] on farmer's perception on the effect of climate change and variation on urban agriculture in Ibadan Metropolis, South-western Nigeria were 66.9% of their respondents were females while 33.1% were males.
