Evaluation of the Crossbreeding Scheme and Farmers’ Perception of Awassi and Dorper Crossbred Sheep

Table 1

Household characteristics (n = 238).

Variables	Angot	Dessie zuria	Gazo	Kobo	Legambo	χ^2-value	value
Age (year)
30	14.6	22.5	14.7	5.88	12.2	29.3	0.156
31–40	37.5	30.0	18.0	32.3	32.6
41–50	33.3	32.5	29.5	29.4	34.7
51–60	8.33	15.0	18.0	11.7	10.2
>60	6.25	0.00	19.6	20.6	10.2
Education level
Illiterate	21.6	2.44	26.2	37.1	14.0	43.9	0.028
Read and write (religious or adult education)	13.7	12.2	26.2	17.1	26.0
Primary (1–8)	49.0	63.4	40.9	37.1	52.0
Secondary (9–12)	11.7	19.5	4.92	5.71	6.00
Above secondary	3.92	0.00	1.64	2.86	0.00
Sex
Female	9.80	4.88	4.92	8.57	4.00	7.11	0.525
Male	90.2	95.1	95.1	91.4	96.0
Family size	5.02 ± 0.18^b	5.22 ± 0.34^b	6.18 ± 0.26^a	6.03 ± 0.38^a	6.22 ± 0.25^a	—	0.002
Land holding (ha)	1.05 ± 0.11^b	1.29 ± 0.10^b	2.20 ± 0.17^a	1.25 ± 0.15^b	1.40 ± 0.09^b	—	0.001

Least square means with different superscripts within the same column and class are statistically different.