Table 1.

Demographic information for the 20 donkey owners and users who participated in the study.

Participant	Age range	Number of donkeys owned	Occupation	Location	Income generating task	Weekly income from donkeys (Birr)
1	61–70	2	Farmer	Rural	Sale of dung for fire creation using pack donkeys	120
2	61–70	1	Farmer	Rural	Hiring out of donkeys; sale of dung for fire creation	70
3	31–40	2	Housewife	Rural	Transport and sale of firewood	140
4	31–40	1	Farmer	Rural	Sale of dung for fire creation	60
5	51–60	1	Housewife	Rural	None.	0
6	21–30	5	Construction Worker	Urban	Transporting water for sale; transporting construction materials	1,500
7	21–30	0	Construction Worker	Urban	Transporting construction materials	200
8	31–40	1 co-owned	Rubbish Collector	Urban	Collecting rubbish for government services	200
9	51–60	5	Shop Owner	Urban	Transporting construction materials	–a
10	61–70	13	Farmer	Rural	None.	0
11	21–30	7	Farmer	Rural	Transporting people to various locations	100
12	41–50	5	Farmer	Rural	Transporting people to various locations	120
13	61–70	1	Farmer	Rural	Transporting and sale of grain at markets	0
14	31–40	4	Farmer	Rural	None.	0
15	31–40	2	Farmer	Peri-urban	Transporting and sale of grain at markets	0
16	41–50	1	Shop Owner	Peri-urban	Transporting materials for sale from urban to rural	–
17	41–50	1	Farmer	Peri-urban	Transporting materials for sale from urban to rural	–
18	31–40	1	Water Distributor	Peri-urban	Transporting water for sale	200
19	51–60	1	Cart Owner	Urban	Harvesting, transporting and sale of crops; transporting materials for sale from urban to rural; transporting furniture	600
20	41–50	2	Farmer	Peri-urban	Sale of dung for fire creation	50

^aThe income information was not provided by the participant because the amount was claimed to be unknown.