Table 1.

Weight allocations for categorical variables

	3. Household experience in dairy farming			4. Number of times used AI/Bull
1. Binomial variables Yes = 1, No = 0 2. Breeding methods Bull = 0, AI = 1	No experience = 0 1 to 5 years = 1 6 to 10 years = 2	11 to 15 years = 3 16 to 20 years = 4 21 to 25 years = 5	26 to 30 years = 6 30 to 40 years = 7 41 to 50 years = 8 More than 50 years = 9	Once = 1 Twice = 2 Three times = 3 Multiple = 4
5. Feeding System	6. Distance to market		7. Frequency of treating cattle diseases
Mainly grazing = 1 Mainly stall feeding = 2 Only grazing = 3 Only stall feeding = 4 Transhumance all animals = 5 Transhumance some animals = 6	1 Km = 1 2 Km = 2 3 Km = 3 4 Km = 4	5 Km = 5 6 to 7 Km = 6.5 8 Km = 8 More than 8 Km = 9	Never = 0 Weekly = 1 a Every two weeks = 2 Monthly = 3	Every two months = 4 Every four months = 5 Twice a year = 6 More than a year = 7
8. Deworming times/year	9. Times vaccinated/year	10. Watering frequency/day
Never = 0 Once = 1 Twice = 2 Three times = 3 Four times = 4 More than four times= 5	Once = 1 Twice = 2 Three times = 3 Four times = 4 Multiple = 5	None = 0 Once = 1 Twice = 2; Thrice = 3; Watering ad labium = 4