Table 1. Farmer and farm characteristics for 400 pig farmers and farms in 4 districts of Nepal.

Parameters	Kathmandu (n = 100)	Morang (n = 100)	Rupandehi (n = 100)	Kapilvastu (n = 100)	P value
Male: Female respondents	50:50	58:42	48:52	79:21	<0.001
Number of farmers self-declared as illiterate	39	55	23	78	<0.001
Farms with monthly income≤ 10000 NRS from pig farming	70	95	82	94	<0.001
Pig farming as sole occupation	73	18	27	25	<0.001
Number of farms who owned the land used for pig farming	15	65	90	87	<0.001
Number of farmers with <3 years’ experience pig farming	27	16	21	40	0.001
Farm houses located ≤ 500 m from the pig farm	100	100	99	100	NT
Farm houses located ≤ 1 km from rice field	95	88	73	90	<0.001
Farm houses located ≤ 1 km from standing water bodies	99	91	92	80	<0.001
Number of farmers who knew people can get diseases from pigs	72	39	67	12	<0.001
Number of farmers who heard about JE	42	25	38	15	<0.001
Number of farmers vaccinating pigs against at least one disease	87	13	44	6	<0.001