Determining Factors and Zootechnical Output of Biosecurity Practices in Fish Farms in the Wouri Division, Cameroon

Table 9

Results of the multivariate linear regression analysis between the socioeconomic characteristics of fish farmers and the zoo technical characteristics of farms in the Wouri division, and the compliance rate of biosecurity measures.

Characteristics	Regression coefficients		R^2	Constant
Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics
Farmer’s age	−11.745	0.367	MR^2 = 0.725 AR^2 = 0.169	28.937
Sex	2.550	0.886
Marital status	−14.035	0.467
Farm age	−14.567	0.378
Level of education	29.022	0.019
Main occupation	12.295	0.870
Purpose of fish farming	−24.216	0.101
Constraints related to biosecurity practice	−1.279	0.849
Cost of biosecurity practice	18.007	0.417
Land acquisition method	−20.830	0.469
Training in fish farming	−11.535	0.329
Training place in fish farming	9.596	0.286
Zootechnical characteristics
Fish health status^1	13.277	0.017	MR^2 = 0.207 AR^2 = 0.125	36.134
Mortality rate	0.026	0.898
Productivity	−11.232	0.470

MR²: multiple R-squared; AR²: adjusted R-squared; R²: determination coefficient; : error probability; : significant (); ¹: onset of clinical signs of disease.