Research Article
Agroecology Is Affecting Village Chicken Producers’ Breeding Objective in Ethiopia
Table 2
Socioeconomic characteristics of village chicken producers (n (HL : LL) = 95; ML = 190; N = 380).
| | Description of households | Agroecologies (%) | Total | | HL | ML | LL |
| | Age (mean) | | 52 | 48 | 39 | 46.25 ± 5.43 | | Sex of household head | Male | 70 (73.7) | 162 (85.2) | 81 (85.2) | 82.37 | | Female | 25 (26.3) | 28 (14.7) | 14 (14.8) | 17.63 | | Educational level | Uneducated | 25 (26.3) | 40 (21) | 15 (15.8) | 21.05 | | Literate | 70 (73.7) | 150 (79) | 80 (84.2) | 78.95 | | Family size (mean) | | 7.8 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 7.1 ± 0.53 | | Livestock owned | Cattle | 4.2 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 5.1 ± 1.446 | | Sheep | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.87 ± 0.5 | | Goat | 0.74 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 1.5 ± 1 | | Chicken | 8.7 | 3.15 | 3.1 | 4.5 ± 2.67 | | Land owned size (hectares) | | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.53 ± 0.094 |
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HL: highland; ML: midland; LL: lowland; N: total number of respondents.
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