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Table 4 Odds ratio estimates, lower and upper confidence interval of ranking AMB, TDR and BCS trait most in Nguni breeding bulls

From: Preferential traits for breeding Nguni cattle in low-input in-situ conservation production systems

Predictors

Aggression and mating behaviour (AMB) – Rank 1

Tick and disease resistance (TDR) – Rank 2

Body condition score (BCS) – Rank 3

Odds ratio

Lower CI

Upper CI

Odds ratio

Lower CI

Upper CI

Odds ratio

Lower CI

Upper CI

Enterprise ownership pattern (communalvs small-scale)

2.7503

0.6184

12.2319

0.3156

0.0734

1.3565

2.6571

0.6019

11.7305

Gender (male vs female)

0.5064

0.0781

3.2851

0.8433

0.1371

5.1878

3.2217

0.5262

19.7253

Age (young < 50 vs old ≥50 years)

1.4942

0.4954

4.5074

1.8682

0.5201

6.7106

0.8333

0.2960

2.3465

Education level(primary vs secondary)

0.3067

0.0827

1.1374

1.0910

0.2805

4.2433

1.2261

0.3686

4.0786

Agriculture training (formal vs informal)

0.3627

0.0376

3.5022

5.1043

0.3038

85.7735

2.4812

0.2806

21.9398

  1. NB: Higher odds ratio estimates indicate greater difference in preference between levels of predictors.
  2. CI Confidence Interval (set at 95%).