Research Article

Antimicrobial Usage in Smallholder Poultry Production in Nigeria

Table 1

Socio-demographic characteristics of Respondents.

VariableLocationStatistic value
Kebbi n = 70Nasarawa n = 70Rivers n = 70Kwara n = 70Imo n = 70Total N = 350χ 2 (df)

Socio-demography
Gender
Male16 (15.8)7 (6.9)20 (19.8)23 (22.8)35 (34.7)10129.14 (4) ≤ 0.001
Female54 (21.7)63 (25.3)50 (20.1)47 (18.9)35 (14.1)249

Education
None36 (34.0)20 (18.9)22 (20.8)28 (26.4)0 (0.0)10697.108 (12) ≤ 0.001
Primary9 (12.2)11 (14.9)25 (33.8)21 (28.4)8 (10.8)74
Secondary12 (9.2)33 (25.2)17 (13.0)18 (13.7)51 (38.9)131
Tertiary13 (33.3)6 (15.4)6 (15.4)3 (7.7)11 (28.2)39

Age group
18–277 (58.3)5 (41.7)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)1295.3 (20) ≤ 0.001
28–3719 (42.2)17 (37.8)4 (8.9)0 (0.0)5 (11.1)45
38–4715 (22.1)15 (22.1)13 (19.1)13 (19.1)12 (17.6)68
48–5717 (14.7)16 (13.8)23 (19.8)38 (32.8)22 (19.0)116
58–6710 (10.9)17 (18.5)27 (29.3)18 (19.6)20 (21.7)92
68 and above2 (11.8)0 (0.0)3 (17.6)1 (5.9)11 (64.7)17

Monthly income
<30,00056 (26.4)60 (28.3)25 (11.8)50 (23.6)21 (9.9)212106.27 (8) ≤ 0.001
30,000–50,00011 (9.4)10 (8.5)30 (25.6)20 (17.1)46 (39.3)117
>50,0003 (14.3)0 (0.0)15 (71.4)0 (0.0)3 (14.3)21

values in parenthesis are percentages (%).