Table 2.

Definition of variables used in the estimation of the ordered logit models.

Variable	Type	Definition
Gender	binary	1 = male; 0 = female
Education	poly	1 = illiterate; 2 = primary; 3 = secondary; 4 = technical; 5 = university or above
Ownership structure	poly	1 = individually-owned farms; 2 = rented farms; 3 = shared farms
Number of years in broiler farming	poly	Experience of broiler farming of SCBF operators. 1 = <5; 2 = 5–10; 3 = 10–15; 4 = >15
Production system	binary	1 = household-based systems; 2 = Farm-based broiler systems
Number of permanent workers	poly	1 = 1–5 workers; 2 = 6–10 workers; 3 = ≥10 workers
Number of temporary workers	poly	1 = no temporary workers; 2 = 1–5 workers; 3 = 6–10 workers
Total assets	poly	1 = <200,000; 2 = 200,000–500,000; 3 = 500,000–1,000,000; 4 = ≥1,000,000
Annual sales	poly	1 = <300,000; 2 = 300,000–500,000; 3 = 500,000–1,000,000; 4 = ≥1,000,000