Table 4.

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents (Continuous Variables).

S/N	Characters	Zones (Frequency/Percent)				Average (%)
		Bench-Sheko	Kaffa	West-Omo	Shaka
4	Age (Mean)	46.9	40.5	39.37	43.4	42.5
5	Educational level (Mean)	4.67	4.56	0.56	6.2	4
6	Family size (Mean)	7.4	7.3	6.9	7	7.15
7	Working age size (Mean)	3.28	4.31	2.8	3.34	3.4
8	Experience of beekeeping (in years)	11.6	18.64	23.5	21.6	18.8

Source: Authors survey, 2020