Socioeconomic Characteristics Influencing Level of Awareness of Aflatoxin Contamination of Feeds among Livestock Farmers in Meru District of Tanzania

Table 2

Distribution based on having heard about aflatoxins with respect to socioeconomic characteristics ().

Socioeconomic characteristics	Categories		Heard about aflatoxins
			Frequency	% of
Gender	Female	119	39	33
	Male	139	32	23
Age	≤45 years	114	35	30
	>45 years	144	36	25
Education level	Low education level	110	12	11
	High education level	148	59	40
Education stage	<secondary education	110	12	11
	Secondary education	31	8	26
	College/tertiary	117	51	44
Field of specialization	Life science and social sciences	132	55	42
	None, others (general/engineering sciences)	126	16	13
Employment category	Informal	147	24	16
	Formal	111	47	42
Occupation	Farming	124	18	15
	Nonfarming	134	53	40
Period of keeping animals	≤10 years	132	44	33
	>10 years	126	27	21
Location (wards)	Ambureny	35	4	11
	Imbaseny	39	22	56
	Nkoaranga	34	13	38
	Patandi	38	9	24
	Poli	38	9	24
	Seela-Sing’isi	42	8	19
	Songoro	32	6	19