Table 3.

Mean and median outcomes for 10 agree/disagree questions rated on a Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree) regarding the acceptability of practices in the poultry industry.

Questions regarding practices in the poultry industry	Highly educated women (n = 143)		REST (n = 86)
	Mean	Median	Mean	Median
The culling of day-old male layer chicks is a good solution.	1.72	1	2.24	2
There is no problem with culling day-old male layer chicks.	1.66	1	2.13	2
The culling of day-old male layer chicks is inevitable.	1.87	2	2.37	2
Day-old male layer chicks may be culled	2.07	2	2.45	2
Because day-old male layer chicks have another use, this eliminates the need for an alternative to CMC.	2.01	2	2.41	2
Chickens can be kept for food production.	3.52	4	3.92	4
An alternative is needed for the culling of day-old male layer chicks.	4.49	5	4.22	4
The use of dual-purpose breeds is a good alternative to the culling of day-old male layer chicks.	3.41	4	3.24	3
Rearing male layers is a good alternative to the culling of day-old male layer chicks.	3.51	4	3.47	4
In-ovo sex determination is a good alternative to the culling of day-old male layer chicks.	3.85	4	3.85	4

Likert scale used here: 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neutral, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree.