Table 3 Socio-economic characteristics of the respondents
From: Livestock farming and women empowerment in rural Bangladesh: a mixed method approach
Silent features | Women participants | Non-participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Observed score range | Mean | Standard deviation | Observed score range | Mean | Standard deviation | |
Age (years) | 17–65 | 30.72 | 9.59 | 17–70 | 32.39 | 9.69 |
Education (years) | 0–10 | 5.78 | 3.19 | 0–9 | 4.37 | 2.68 |
Household size (number) | 2–11 | 5.03 | 1.63 | 2–15 | 6.58 | 3.12 |
Livestock farming experience (years) | 2–21 | 11.66 | 5.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Farm size (ha) | 0.01–0.56 | 0.082 | 0.1 | 0–0.47 | 0.06 | 0.08 |
Annual household income (USD) | 262–5552 | 1817 | 87.23 | 274–2105 | 1550 | 54.48 |
Training (days) | 0–90 | 27.26 | 17.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Credit (USD) | 0–2705 | 368 | 36.25 | 0–2000 | 426 | 34.80 |
Extension contact (number) | 0–25 | 16.19 | 4.53 | 0–18 | 7.13 | 5.03 |
Knowledge on livestock activities (score) | 1–25 | 15.01 | 4.88 | 1–13 | 5.56 | 3.16 |