Research Article
Human-Wildlife Conflict around Belo-Bira Forest, Dawro Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of sampled population.
| Demographic characteristics | Frequency | Percent |
| Sex | Male | 97 | 64.2 | Female | 54 | 35.8 |
| Age | Adult 18–35 | 76 | 50.3 | Middle (36–45) | 49 | 32.5 | Elder (>46) | 26 | 17.2 |
| Educational status | Uneducated | 38 | 25.2 | Elementary | 28 | 18.5 | Secondary school | 44 | 29.1 | High school and above | 41 | 27.2 |
| Household economy | Agriculture | 37 | 24.5. | Small scale merchants | 28 | 18.5 | Governmental work | 25 | 16.6 | Mixed (agriculture and trade) | 61 | 40.4 |
| Farmland size | Less than 1 hectare | 36 | 23.8 | 1–2 hectares | 49 | 32.5 | 2–3 hectares | 38 | 25.2 | Greater than 3 hectares | 28 | 18.5 |
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