. 2019 Jun 18;6:191. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00191

Table 1.

Demographic and husbandry characteristics of 1,140 smallholder livestock producers participating in a cross-sectional study in Australia in 2013–2015.

Characteristic	Species
	Cattle/sheep	%	Pigs	%	Dairy goats	%	Alpaca	%
AGE
18–24 y	1	0.1	2	1.0	1	1.0	2	2.3
25–34 y	17	2.3	18	9.2	7	7.2	2	2.3
35–44 y	110	15.0	51	26.0	16	16.5	4	4.6
45–54 y	199	27.1	69	35.2	20	20.6	26	30.2
55–64 y	238	32.5	39	19.9	35	36.1	35	40.7
+65 y	168	22.9	17	8.7	18	18.6	17	19.8
SEX
Male	486	67.5^a	130	68.1^a	21	21.9^b	23	26.7^b
Female	234	32.5	61	31.9	75	78.1	63	73.3
YEARS KEEPING THE LIVESTOCK SPECIES
1–5 y	118	16.3^a	97	50.0^b	26	25.2^c	25	27.2^c
6–15 y	189	26.1^a	47	24.2^a	31	30.1^a	51	55.4^b
16–29 y	144	19.9^a	15	7.7^b	21	20.4^a	16	17.4^a
>30	274	37.8^a	35	18.0^b	25	24.3^b	–	–
PROPERTY SIZE (HA)
<10	223	30.6^a	30	15.2^b	49	48.0^c	30	32.2^a
10–29	226	31.0^a	38	19.3^b	26	25.5^a ^b	28	30.1^a
30–79	224	30.7^a	35	17.8^b	15	14.7^b	22	23.7^a ^b
≥80	56	7.7^a	94	47.7^b	12	11.8^a	13	14.0^a
OTHER AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES ON PROPERTY	324	43.4^a	132	66.7^b	52	50.5^a	41	44.1^a
STATE
New South Wales/ACT	125	16.8	65	32.8	28	27.2	38	41.3
Victoria	148	19.8	47	23.7	25	24.3	18	19.6
Tasmania	126	16.9	18	9.1	8	7.8	9	9.8
South Australia	151	20.2	16	8.1	5	4.9	8	8.7
Western Australia	96	12.9	14	7.1	14	13.6	10	10.9
Queensland	100	13.4	37	18.7	23	22.3	9	9.8
REASONS FOR KEEPING THE LIVESTOCK SPECIES (multiple responses)
Primary income	34	3.3	18	4.9	9	6.5	2	1.7
Extra income	461	44.8^a	91	24.8^b	26	18.7^b	49	41.2^a
Hobby/family tradition	106	10.3^a	95	25.9^b	69	49.6^c	57	47.9^c
Home consumption	356	34.6^a	102	27.8^a	22	15.8^b	–
Pet	106	10.3	15	4.1	13	9.4	11	9.2
Rare breeds	–	–	46	12.5	–	–	–	–

^{a, b, c}

For each row, different superscripts differ P < 0.05.