TABLE 2:
Information about questionnaire respondents overall and specified for dairy and beef respondents. Variance in denominators relates to questions not filled in by respondents
| Respondent type |
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|---|---|---|---|
| % (n)* | Dairy % (n) | Beef % (n) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 82 (180/220) | 88 (95/108) | 76 (70/92) |
| Female | 18 (40/220) | 12 (13/108) | 24 (22/92) |
| Role on farm† | |||
| Senior (e.g., owner, herdsman, herd manager) | 74 (164/222) | 74 (84/113) | 77 (68/88) |
| Junior (e.g., worker) | 26 (58/222) | 26 (29/113) | 23 (20/88) |
| Farm size† | |||
| Small (<81 adult cattle) | 35 (77/219) | 10 (11/114) | 69 (59/86) |
| Medium (81–160 adult cattle) | 29 (63/219) | 36 (41/114) | 21 (18/86) |
| Large (>160 adult cattle) | 36 (79/219) | 54 (62/114) | 10 (9/86) |
| Age | |||
| Less than 30 years | 26 (59/227) | 23 (26/114) | 27 (25/92) |
| 31–50 years | 46 (104/227) | 52 (59/114) | 43 (40/92) |
| 51 years or over | 28 (64/227) | 25 (29/114) | 29 (27/92) |
| Highest level of education | |||
| School education | 25 (56/226) | 26 (29/113) | 21 (19/91) |
| Further education (e.g., OND, HND, NDA) | 49 (111/226) | 51 (58/113) | 47 (43/91) |
| Higher education (e.g., BSc, MSc) | 26 (59/226) | 23 (26/113) | 32 (29/91) |
| Response format | |||
| Online | 50 (133/266) | 29 (33/114) | 64 (59/92) |
| Post | 50 (133/266) | 71 (81/114) | 36 (33/92) |
| Location | |||
| North England | 10 (22/224) | 12 (13/111) | 11 (10/92) |
| South England | 31 (69/224) | 31 (34/111) | 27 (25/92) |
| Midlands | 20 (45/224) | 25 (28/111) | 14 (13/92) |
| Wales | 31 (69/224) | 30 (33/111) | 29 (27/92) |
| Scotland and Northern Ireland | 8 (18/224) | 2 (2/111) | 18 (17/92) |
| Estimated milk yield (litres/cow/year) | |||
| Range | 4700 to 10,700 | ||
| Mean (median) | 7733 (8000) | ||
*Includes dairy, beef, mixed and unallocated respondents
†Data derived from open questions with responses grouped using thematic analysis methods
HND, Higher National Diploma; NDA, National Diploma of Agriculture; OND: Ordinary National Diploma.