3.2. Relationship between type of peanut market outlet and education level of vendors
Peanuts in Kenya were commonly (44%) traded through informal open air markets3 (Table 2). The least popular outlets for trading peanuts were formal open air markets4 with only 4% of the peanuts sampled being traded there. There was a significant correlation (χ2 = 559.60; P < 0.001) between the level of education of traders and choice of type of market outlet. The majority of traders who had only basic or no formal education traded mainly through the informal open air markets, while those with tertiary education traded mainly through supermarkets and retail outlets ( Table 2). For example, 83% of all street vendors had either basic or no formal education, while 98% of supermarket traders had either a secondary or tertiary education. Retail outlets were dominated (56%) by traders with secondary level of education.