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Table 3 Descriptive statistics of respondents to the individual interview by gender, rural Ethiopia

From: Empowerment resources, decision-making and gender attitudes: which matter most to livestock keepers in the mixed and livestock-based systems in Ethiopia?

Respondent Characteristics

By gender

Total

Test statistics

Women

Men

(N = 79)

 

(N = 41)

(N = 38)

  

Age (in years)

39.82(11.05)

37.67(11.45)

38.79

.718

Household size

5.40(1.65)

5.24(2.09)

5.32

.136

Marital status

 Single

12.2%

5.3%

8.9%

5.415

 Married

78.0%

94.7%

86.1%

 

 Divorced

4.9%

0.0%

2.5%

 

 Widowed

4.9%

0.0%

2.5%

 

Educational status

 Literate

41.5%

39.5%

40.5%

.032

 Illiterate

58.5%

60.5%

59.5%

 

Wealth status

 Poor

46.3%

39.5%

43.0%

4.515

 Medium

29.3%

50.0%

39.2%

 

 Rich

24.4%

10.5%

17.7%

 

Head of the household

 Yes

9.8%

100.0%

53.2%

64.503***

 No

90.2%

0.0%

46.8%

 

Membership to any group/s

 Yes

82.9%

89.5%

86.1%

.705

 No

17.1%

10.5%

13.9%

 
  1. SD in parenthesis
  2. Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding
  3. ***Significant at α = 0.01