Research Article
Study on Factors Affecting Estrus Synchronization in Smallholder Dairy Farming Systems of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
Table 2
General household characteristics of the respondents in the study area.
| | Variables | Wukro, N (%) | Agula, N (%) | Mekelle, N (%) | Total, N (%) | Chi-square (X2) | value |
| | Age | Between 18–25 | 25 (54.4) | 20 (37.7) | 28 (50.9) | 73 (47.4) | 13.54 | 0.035 | | Between 26–35 | 8 (17.4) | 10 (18.9) | 8 (14.6) | 26 (16.9) | | Between 36–45 | 12 (20.1) | 18 (33.9) | 8 (14.6) | 38 (24.7) | | >45 | 1 (2.17) | 5 (9.4) | 11 (20.0) | 17 (11.0) | | Education | Illiterate | 10 (21.7) | 15 (28.3) | 22 (40.0) | 47 (30.5) | 12.49 | 0.052 | | Informal education | 15 (32.6) | 25 (47.2) | 21 (38.2) | 61 (39.6) | | Primary school | 17 (36.9) | 13 (24.5) | 10 (18.2) | 40 (25.9) | | Secondary school | 4 (8.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.6) | 6 (3.9) | | Responsible family member for follow-up AI and synchronization | Females only/wife | 36 (78.3) | 16 (30.2) | 27 (49.1) | 79 (51.3) | 41.27 | ≤0.0001 | | Males only/husband | 6 (13.04) | 26 (49.1) | 6 (10.9) | 38 (24.7) | | Both females and males | 4 (8.7) | 11 (20.8) | 22 (40.0) | 37 (24.0) | | Marital status | Single | 13 (28.3) | 17 (32.1) | 17 (30.9) | 57 (37.01) | 3.93 | 0.416 | | Married | 33 (71.7) | 34 (64.2) | 34 (61.8) | 101 (65.6) | | Divorced | 0 (0.00) | 2 (3.8) | 4 (7.3) | 6 (3.9) |
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