Table 1.

General characteristics of participating farmers in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Benin, and their livestock production system and frequency of meat consumption.

	Burkina Faso (%)	Mali (%)	Benin (%)	p-Value
Gender:				<0.01
Male	76	94	89
Female	24	6	11
Mean age in years (min–max)	56 (18–85)	NA1	43 (19–70)
Level of education:				<0.01
No education	63	38	54
Primary school	14	25	25
Secondary school	5	11	15
University	0.14	1.5	3.7
Other	18	24	3
Livestock production system:				<0.01
Pastoral system	9	34	34
Agro-pastoral	91	66	66
Reasons for rearing animals:				<0.01
Financial insurance	0.13	47	16
Tradition	0.82	42	25
Income generation	8.4	94	90
Household consumption	5.2	35	32
Draft power/fertilizer	84	66	NA
Other	0.6	4	27
Frequency of meat consumption:				<0.01
Every day	4	65	73
Once per week	22	15	6.6
Three times per week	24	8.7	5
Once per month	32	5	9.4
Special occasions	18	6.4	6