Table 2 Socio-economic profile of respondent households
From: Technical efficiency in milk production in underdeveloped production environment of India*
Particulars | Plains | Hills |
|---|---|---|
I. Farmer Characteristics | Â | Â |
Age-Household Head (No. of yrs.) | 48.56 ± 10.44 | 50.82 ± 14.51 |
Education-Household Head # * | 1.78 ± 1.77 | 2.79 ± 1.97 |
Farm Experience-Household Head (No. of yrs.) | 39.72 ± 10.36 | 41.96 ± 13.70 |
Main occupation of HH Head (% of respondents surveyed in each category)*** | Â | Â |
Agriculture | 33.33 | 70.00 |
Agricultural Labour | 23.33 | 3.33 |
Private Job | 10.00 | 3.33 |
Government Service | - | 13.33 |
Business | 10.00 | 6.67 |
Animal Husbandry | 16.67 | - |
Pensioner | 6.67 | 3.33 |
Subsidiary Occupation of HH Head* | Â | Â |
Agriculture + Animal Husbandry | - | 33.33 |
Business | 10.00 | - |
Animal Husbandry | 83.33 | 63.33 |
Animal Husbandry + Others | - | 3.33 |
II. Household Characteristics | Â | Â |
Family Size (Adult Equivalents) ## | 4.34 ± 1.40 | 3.80 ± 1.08 |
Household with at least one member having non-farm income (% of respondent Households)** | 40.00 | 70.00 |
Households with at least one member who has migrated elsewhere for earning income (% of respondent HH’s)*** | 6.67 | 36.67 |
III. Farm Characteristics | Â | Â |
Operational Land-holding (acres)** | 2.01 ± 3.48 | 0.82 ± 0.77 |
Land used for Dairying (acres) | 0.16 ± 0.26 | 0.00 ± 0.00 |
Dairy Animal Holding (Standard Animal Units)* | 2.86 ± 2.45 | 1.79 ± 0.59 |
IV. Institutional Support Structure | Â | Â |
Distance to nearest AHS centre (km) | 5.47 ± 2.33 | 5.29 ± 0.66 |
Access to Credit (1 = Yes, 0 = No) | 0.06 ± 0.24 | 0.01 ± 0.22 |
Has insured milch animals (1 = Yes, 0 = No) | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 |
Distance to market (km)** | 5.39 ± 1.72 | 7.86 ± 7.82 |
Is arranging transportation a problem (1 = Yes, 0 = No) | 0.06 ± 0.02 | 0.29 ± 0.46 |
Whether has easy access to information (1 = Yes, 0 = No)* | 0.95 ± 0.17 | 0.50 ± 0.51 |