Performance Evaluation of Boer × Central Highland Crossbred Bucks and Farmers’ Perceptions on Crossbred Goats in Northeastern Ethiopia

Table 1

Characteristics of households.

Variables	Amhara Sayint	Habru	Raya Kobo	χ^2-value	value
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Age (years)
<30	4 (57.1)	0 (0.00)	1 (3.30)	23.8	0.001
30–40	2 (28.6)	1 (11.1)	5 (16.7)
41–50	0 (0.000	1 (11.1)	10 (33.3)
51–60	1 (14.3)	7 (77.8)	14 (46.7)
Sex
Female	1 (14.3)	0 (0.00)	2 (6.70)	1.32	0.517
Male	6 (85.7)	9 (100)	28 (93.3)
Education
Illiterate	1 (14.3)	5 (55.6)	8 (26.7)	7.49	0.485
Read and write	0 (0.00)	1 (11.1)	2 (6.70)
Adult education	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	2 (6.70)
Primary school	6 (85.7)	3 (33.3)	16 (53.3)
Secondary school	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	2 (6.70)
Family size	4.00 ± 1.63^b	7.44 ± 4.15^a	5.93 ± 1.59^b	—	0.031
Landholding (ha)	1.91 ± 3.97^a	1.22 ± 0.49^ab	0.77 ± 0.40^b	—	0.046

Least squares means with different superscripts within the same column and class are statistically different. = chi-square value.