Table 3 Socio-economic and institutional characteristics of sheep and goat farmers
Variables | Agro-ecological setting | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Highland | Midland | Lowland | ||
Sex head | ||||
Male (1) | 54 (48.6) | 82 (92.1) | 109 (92.4) | 245 (77.0) |
Female (0) | 57 (51.4) | 7 (7.9) | 9 (7.6) | 73 (23.0) |
Education | ||||
Illiterate (1) | 53 (47.7) | 21 (23.6) | 36 (30.5) | 126 (39.6) |
Informally literate (2) | 29 (26.1) | 16 (17.9) | 4 (3.4) | 49 (15.4) |
Primary school (3) | 22 (19.8) | 48 (53.9) | 71 (60.1) | 141 (44.3) |
Secondary school (4) | 5 (4.6) | 4 (4.5) | 6 (5.0) | 15 (4.7) |
Above Secondary school (5) | 2 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.84) | 3 (0.9) |
Access to credit | ||||
Yes (1) | 98 (88.2) | 86 (96.6) | 111 (94.1) | 295 (92.8) |
No (0) | 13 (11.7) | 3 (3.4) | 7 (5.9) | 23 (7.2) |
Off-farm participation | ||||
Yes (1) | 74 (66.7) | 18 (20.2) | 97 (82.2) | 189 (59.4) |
No (0) | 37 (33.3) | 71 (79.8) | 21 (17.8) | 129 (40.6) |