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. 2020 May 17;67(6):2482–2493. doi: 10.1111/tbed.13587

Table 4.

Factors that influence change in practices related to ASF biosecurity (*significant at p < .05)

Factor (reference level in bracket) Do you slaughter pigs at home (f66) Do you isolate newly purchased stock before mixing with the existing stock (f68) Do you use disinfectants on farm (f72) Do you feed your pigs on un‐processed swill (f74) I allow people other than my family members to enter my pig pen (f76) I allow traders to enter my pig pen (f77)
Coef. (SE) p > t Coef. (SE) p > t Coef. (SE) p > t Coef. (SE) p > t Coef. (SE) p > t Coef. (SE) p > t
Trained (control) 0.009(0.21) .040* 0.041(0.14) .757 −0.139(0.20) .476 −0.115(0.17) .504 −0.013(0.14) .916 0.109(0.12) .362
Female (male) 0.016(0.15) .110 0.036(0.13) .777 0.097(0.18) .587 −0.201(0.13) .125 −0.266(0.122) .030* −0.177(0.12) .156
District domain (Lira rural)
Lira urban −0.055(0.301) .857 −0.048(0.19) .0806 0.507(0.25) .047* −0.410(0.25) .096 0.272(0.192) .157 0.264(0.17) .132
Masaka rural 0.214(0.289) .459 0.433(0.18) .017* −1.529(0.31) .000* 1.111(0.23) .000* −0.077(0.18) .665 −0.574(0.16) .000*
Masaka urban 0.235(0.299) .431 0.373(0.19) .052 −0.46(0.27) .082 −0.469(0.24) .049* 0.088(0.19) .635 −0.766(0.17) .000*
Not belonging to farmer group (belonging) 0.016(0.186) .931 −0.124(0.15) .423 −0.968(0.20) .000* −0.003(0.16) .829 0.084(0.15) .567 0.030(0.15) .840
No formal education a (primary or post‐primary) 0.131(0.139) .777 0.416(0.12) .000* 0.773(0.16) .000* 0.178(0.12) .133 −0.001(0.113) .994 0.010(0.11) .933
Years in the pig business −0.000(0.00) .345 −0.002(0.00) .122 −0.001(0.01) .760 −0.004(0.001) .003* 0.000(0.00) .769 −0.003(0.001) .021*
Constant 1.189(0.291) .000* −0.093(0.21) .662 −1.083(0.29) .000* −0.313(0.24) .188 0.229(0.20) .257 0.294(0.19) .129
Village variance 0.487(0.099)   0.231(0.08)   0.326(0.11)   0.377(0.08)   0.231(0.08)   0.160(0.09)  
a

No formal education is referred as short‐ or long‐term trainings given to pig producers usually by government extension services or development organizations through projects.