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Variable names | Definitions and descriptions of variables | Individual consumers 30 (28%) | Cooperative 33 (25%) | Hotel 18 (15%) | Processing plant 39 (32%) |
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SEX | Sex of the respondents (dummy: 1, male and 0, female) | 80 | 69.7 | 66.7 | 77 |
20 | 30.3 | 33.33 | 23 |
AGE | Age of respondents (years) | 40.67 | 42.15 | 40.89 | 43.33 |
FAMSI | Family size (adult equivalent) (number) | 2.4 | 2.94 | 2.83 | 2.79 |
EDU | Educational status of family head (years) | 8 | 7.5 | 9 | 11.4 |
DIST | Distance to the adjacent urban market (KMs) | 2.3 | 2 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
EXTE | Dairy extension services (Dummy: 1, yes and 0, no) | 73.33 | 51.52 | 5.56 | 46.15 |
NCOW | Number of owned milking cows (TLU number) | 2.90 | 3.06 | 3.22 | 3.38 |
EXPE | Dairy farming experience (in years) | 14.17 | 15.75 | 14.39 | 14.15 |
LAND | Total landholding (hectares) average | 1.82 | 1.52 | 1.54 | 1.7 |
CHILD | Children under six years old in number in average | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
ACC | Credit access (dummy: 1, yes and 0, no) | 66.67 | 54.55 | 33.33 | 69.23 |
33.33 | 45.55 | 66.67 | 30.77 |
MEMB | Membership to cooperative (dummy: 1, yes and 0, no) | 43.34 | 93.94 | 27.78 | 56.41 |
56.66 | 6.06 | 72.22 | 43.59 |
PRICE | Milk price per litter (in Birr) | 15.8 | 16.00 | 17.72 | 17.31 |
INFOM | Access to market information (dummy: 1, yes and 0, no) | 53.63 | 75.65 | 66.73 | 58.97 |
46.63 | 24.35 | 33.27 | 41.03 |
POM | Credit payment mode (dummy: 1, yes and 0, no) | 33.33 | 54.55 | 34.33 | 69.23 |
66.67 | 45.55 | 65.67 | 30.77 |
VMM | The volume of dairy milk supplied to the market (daily) | 26.6 | 28.8 | 29.2 | 30.8 |
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