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Table 5 Odds ratio estimates, lower and upper confidence interval of ranking SC, BSC and CC trait least in Nguni breeding bulls

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

Predictors

Scrotal circumference (SC) – Rank 4

Body size and conformation (BSC) – Rank 5

Coat colour (CC) – Rank 6

Odds ratio

Lower CI

Upper CI

Odds ratio

Lower CI

Upper CI

Odds ratio

Lower CI

Upper CI

Enterprise ownership pattern (communalvs small-scale)

1.2208

0.2981

4.9993

1.8139

0.4134

7.9600

33.0727

3.2847

332.9990

Gender (male vs female)

3.4947

0.5909

20.6682

1.4716

0.2349

9.2200

10.9630

0.8462

142.0308

Age (young < 50 vs old ≥50 years)

0.9912

0.3637

2.7009

0.9776

0.3506

2.7262

1.7226

0.5413

5.4815

Education level (primary vs secondary)

1.0470

0.3307

3.3151

1.1561

0.3450

3.8746

0.9307

0.2307

3.7552

Agriculture training (formal vs informal)

0.5043

0.0675

3.7647

0.4091

0.0526

3.1791

0.8365

0.0772

9.0690

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