Research Article

Perceptions of Factors Affecting Milk Quality and Safety among Large- and Small-Scale Dairy Farmers in Zimbabwe

Table 5

Odds ratios estimates and lower (LCI) and upper confidence interval (UCI) of farmers being concerned about milk quality.

PredictorOddsLCIUCISignificance

Production system (large- versus small-scale)0.220.090.51
Gender (male versus female)0.830.431.63NS
Age (young versus old)0.990.412.43NS
Household size (small versus large)0.930.471.82NS
Education (uneducated versus educated)1.130.602.13NS

LCI: lowest confidence interval, UCI: upper confidence interval, Sig.: significance, NS: not significant (), ; higher odds ratio estimates indicate greater difference in preference levels of predictors.