Research Article
Porcine Cysticercosis Control in Western Kenya: The Interlink of Management Practices in Pig Farms and Meat Inspection Practice at Slaughter Slabs
Table 2
Farmers’ demographic characteristics (n = 162).
| Variables | Statement | Frequency | Percent |
| Age (years) | 11–20 | 41 | 25.3 | 21–30 | 61 | 37.7 | 31–40 | 43 | 25.5 | 41–50 | 17 | 10.5 | Gender | Male | 76 | 46.9 | Female | 86 | 53.1 | Education level | None | 67 | 41.4 | Primary | 41 | 25.3 | Secondary | 46 | 28.4 | College/university | 8 | 4.9 | Farmer occupation | Farming | 153 | 94.4 | Public employee | 4 | 2.5 | Private employee | 5 | 3.1 | Farmers’ pig production experience (years) | 10-Jan | 125 | 77.2 | 20-Nov | 31 | 19.1 | 21–30 | 4 | 2.5 | 31–40 | 1 | 0.6 | 41–50 | 1 | 0.6 |
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