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. 2019 Oct 4;6:342. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00342

Table 6.

Analysis of farmer well-being and work productivity mean scores by herd size and main farm type.

Farm type 1–50 51–150 151–250 251–500 501+
ONS Dairy 26.67 25.72 26.07 24.37 24.87
Suckler Beef 26.85 24.73 21.74 22.29 33.00
Beef Finishing/Stores 28.66 25.96 26.60 27.00 24.00
WEMWBS Dairy 22.44 24.06 23.98 23.94 24.39
Suckler Beef 24.38 23.37 23.12 23.86 23.00
Beef Finishing/Stores 26.31 24.12 23.00 22.33 27.00
SPS Dairy 18.78 19.31 19.05 18.12 18.42
Suckler Beef 18.38 18.53 17.18 17.00 23.00
Beef Finishing/Stores 19.94 18.88 19.50 20.00 17.00
WP1 Dairy 72.78 80.07 78.14 79.18 77.24
Suckler Beef 71.55 74.59 72.47 67.86 100.00
Beef Finishing/Stores 76.34 77.29 73.50 80.00 50.00
WP2 Dairy 71.11 78.80 77.69 81.04 79.14
Suckler Beef 72.81 71.08 68.47 77.14 100.00
Beef Finishing/Stores 74.84 77.42 76.50 83.33 50.00
WP3 Dairy 14.44 22.75 27.98 21.79 24.29
Suckler Beef 27.80 28.40 15.25 44.29 10.00
Beef Finishing/Stores 28.03 22.75 29.00 33.33 70.00

Source: survey data.

Mean scores are provided.

Sample sizes (n): Dairy−201, Sucker beef−207, Beef finishing/stores−75, Other/missing−71.

WP1, Work productivity 1 (in the last month, the % of my time I was as productive as usual was:).

WP2, Work productivity 2 (compared to my usual level of productivity, in the last month the % of my work that I was able to accomplish was:).

WP3, Work productivity 3-(in the last month, the % of my work time that I was likely to make more mistakes than usual was:).