Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents and their households.
| Respondent and Household Characteristics | Women Value (n = 465) |
Men Value (n = 92) |
t-Test | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household structure | Age of respondent age (mean age) | 44.14 | 46.34 | 1.47, df = 555 |
| Household size (mean number or persons) | 6.44 | 7.65 | 4.48, df = 555 *** | |
| Percentage of respondents who felt the livestock species (out of the species kept in the household) to be most important for their household’s livelihood | Small ruminants (sheep and/or goats—local or improved breeds) | 59.35 | 30.43 | - |
| Chickens (local or improved breeds) | 10.54 | 17.39 | - | |
| Large ruminants e.g., cattle (beef or dual-purpose—local or improved breeds) | 18.71 | 30.43 | - | |
| Large ruminants e.g., cattle (dairy—local or improved breeds) | 10.75 | 19.57 | - | |
| Pigs (and/or others—local or improved) | 0.65 | 2.17 | - | |
| Percentage of respondents who felt the livestock species (out of the species kept in the household) to be most important for their own livelihood | Small ruminants (sheep and/or goats—local or improved breeds) | 46.45 | 53.26 | - |
| Chickens (local or improved breeds) | 42.58 | 32.61 | - | |
| Large ruminants e.g., cattle (beef or dual-purpose—local or improved breeds) | 0.86 | 8.70 | - | |
| Large ruminants e.g., cattle (dairy—local or improved breeds) | 1.51 | 5.43 | - | |
| Pigs (and/or others—local or improved) | 8.60 | 0.00 | - | |
Note: *** denotes significant difference at 1% confidence level; df denotes degrees of freedom.