Table 2 Information about livestock and animal handling
Question | Frequency | Proportion (%) |
|---|---|---|
Respondents having livestock (n = 2670) | ||
 Yes | 1907 | 71.42 |
 No | 763 | 28.58 |
Person’s dealing with the livestock (n = 1907) | ||
 Myself | 1269 | 66.54 |
 Wife/Husband | 218 | 11.43 |
 Parents | 222 | 11.65 |
 Son | 104 | 5.45 |
 Other relatives | 94 | 4.93 |
Respondents having which livestock# (n = 1907) | ||
 Cattle/Buffalo | 1832 | 96.06 |
 Goat | 467 | 24.49 |
 Pig | 30 | 1.57 |
 Sheep | 354 | 18.56 |
Purpose of keeping livestock animals (n = 1907) | ||
 Leather industry | 2 | 0.1 |
 Skinning | 6 | 0.31 |
 Dairy | 469 | 24.59 |
 Farming | 1566 | 82.12 |
 Selling meat | 342 | 17.93 |
Respondent’s preferred place for grazing (n = 1907) | ||
 Forest | 1182 | 61.98 |
 Agricultural land | 343 | 17.99 |
 Grass field | 353 | 18.51 |
 Buy commercial fodder | 29 | 1.52 |
Respondent’s having how many years of experience in handling livestock animals (n = 1907) | ||
 Less than 1 year | 140 | 7.34 |
 1–5 years | 200 | 10.49 |
 5–10 years | 284 | 14.89 |
 More than 10 years | 1283 | 67.28 |