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Table 1.
Variables’ definitions and their measurement
| Variables | Definitions | Type of measurement |
|---|---|---|
| Dependent categories | ||
| a. Animal health management | The level of practice of the livestock (sheep) health management aspect used by farmers dividing into 3 categories | Categorical (1=Low, 2=Medium, 3=High) |
| b. Environment health management | The level of practice of the environmental health management aspect used byfarmers dividing into 3 categories | Categorical (1=Low, 2=Medium, 3=High) |
| Independent variables | ||
| a. Age | Age of the main farmers in the household in years | Dummy (1= less than 30, 2=30<40, 3= 40<50, 4= 50<60,5= more than or equal to 60 years |
| b. Formal education | Farmers’ formal education | Dummy (1= no school; 2= elementary school, 3= junior‐ high school, 4= senior‐high school; 5= college graduate) |
| c. Main works | The main work of the respondent | Dummy (1= sheep farmers, 2= crop farmers, 3= farm workers, 4= traders, 5= village officials,6= others) |
| d. Size household | Total number of people in the household | Dummy (1= 1‐2, 2= 3‐4, 3=5‐6members) |
| e. Family labor | Total number of people in the household as labor on animal husbandry activities | Dummy (1= 1‐2, 2= 3‐4, 3=5‐6members) |
| f. Livestock purpose | The main purpose of raising livestock | Dummy (1= primary purpose, 2= secondary purpose, 3=hobby) |
| g. Livestock experience | Experience in raising livestock in year | Dummy (1= less than 5, 2=5<15, 3= 15<25, 4= 25<35, 5=more than or equal to 35 years) |
| h. Farmer group member | Become a member of the farmer group | Dummy (1=yes, 2=no |
| i. Informal education | Have participated in thetraining, extension, seminar, and/or workshop programs | Dummy (1=yes, 2=no) |
| j. Number of sheep | Total number of sheep kept by farmers in Animal Unit (AUa) | Dummy (1= less than 1.00, 2=1.00‐4.00, 3= more than 4.00 AU) |
a
AU is an Animal Unit which an adult sheep equal 0.17 AU, young sheep = 0.12 AU, lamb = 0.06 AU [18].
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