Table 1.
Household characteristics of smallholder dairy farmers in Jimma town
| Variables | Farm type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small (n = 18) | Medium (n = 18) | Large (n = 18) | Total | P value | |
| Age [mean (±SE)] | 50.06 ± 2.63a | 50.94 ± 2.98a | 52.78 ± 2.22a | 51.26 ± 1.50 | 0.758 |
| Family size [mean (±SE)] | 5.28 ± 0.39a | 6.17 ± 0.70a | 6.61 ± 0.63a | 6.02 ± 0.34 | 0.276 |
| Sex (%) | 0.667 | ||||
| Male | 24.1 | 24.1 | 27.8 | 75.9 | |
| Female | 9.3 | 9.3 | 5.6 | 24.1 | |
| Occupation (%) | 0.528 | ||||
| Trade/business | 5.6 | 3.7 | 11.1 | 20.4 | |
| Civil servant | 7.4 | 11.1 | 7.4 | 25.9 | |
| Retirement | 7.4 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 25.9 | |
| Dairy farmer | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 16.7 | |
| Housewife | 7.4 | 3.7 | 0 | 11.1 | |
| Education (%) | 0.163 | ||||
| Illiterate | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 1.9 | |
| Primary school | 3.7 | 11.1 | 5.6 | 20.4 | |
| Junior secondary | 7.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 11.14 | |
| Senior secondary | 13.0 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 24.1 | |
| College | 5.6 | 11.1 | 18.5 | 35.2 | |
| University | 3.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 7.4 | |
Means with the same superscript letters in the same row are not significantly different