COVID-19 and the Non-Repayment of Agricultural Loans in West Cameroon: A major Challenge for the Small Farmer in an Individual Loan Situation

Table 3.

Characteristics related to maritalstatus and legal determinants of the difficult repayment of agriculturalcredits by debtors of the MC2 Bayangam

Juridical determinants Matrimonial status

Bachelor Married Widower Divorced Total

n =5 % n=73 % n=18 % n =4 % n=100 %

Conditions of access to credits    
Binding 4 80.00 45 61.64 10 55.56 4 100.00 63 63.00
Non-binding 1 20.00 28 38.36 8 44.44 0 00.00 37 37.00

Acceptable warranty    
Have 0 00.00 44 60.27 5 27.78 0 0.00 49 49.00
Do not practice 5 100.00 29 39.73 13 72.22 4 100.00 51 51.00

Financial Cavalry    
Practice 3 60.00 25 34.25 6 33.33 3 75.00 37 37.00
Do not practice 2 40.00 48 65.75 12 66.67 1 25.00 63 63.00

Proceedings for the prosecution of debtors at the MC2    
Binding 5 100.00 69 94.52 16 88.89 4 100.00 94 94.00
Non-binding 0 00.00 4 05.48 2 11.11 0 00.00 6 06.00

Misappropriation of the object of credit    

Divert 3 60.00 26 35.62 7 38.89 4 100.00 40 40.00
Do not divert 2 40.00 47 64.38 11 61.11 0 00.00 60 60.00

Note that: n = number of participants for each age group (in higher mage); %=marginal frequencies column of legal determinants; N = total sample size; %T = Total frequencies out of 100