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Table 1 Profile of research participants from Mabato-Azufre

From: “Wild fish are a blessing”: changes in fishing practices and folk fish cuisine around Laguna Lake, Northern Philippines

Profile

Categories

Number of interviewees (%)

Gender

Male

29 (97%)

Female

1 (3%)

Age

20–40

3 (10%)

41–60

13 (43%)

61–80+ 

14 (47%)

Literacy

Illiterate

1 (3%)

Primary education level

14 (47%)

Elementary graduate

2 (7%)

High school incomplete

11 (37%)

Vocational undergraduate

1 (3%)

College

1 (3%)

Fishing experience

0–20 years

11 (37%)

21–40 years

9 (30%)

41–60 years

10 (33%)

Inherited activity

Yes

20 (67%)

No

10 (33%)

Fishing status

Active

23 (77%)

Retired

7 (23%)