Research, Policy and Practice
Variable acronym | Variable meaning | Variable description | Variable measurement |
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Herd | Grazing area where the herd is managed | Pastoral herd (0) peri-urban herd (1) | Categorical, dummy |
Proploss | Proportional loss | Proportion of female calves lost relative to female calves born |
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Agec | Age class of heifer at the time of loss | 1 = pre-weaning <3 months; 2 = yearling, three to two years; 3 = three years; 4 = four years; 5 = age at first calving | Categorical |
Reason | Reason that led to loss of heifer | Involuntary losses: 1 = death from diseases, 2 = death from predation/injury/poisoning, 3 = deaths from drought starvation, 4 = infertility/deformities, 5 = theft/rustling, 6 = voluntary losses (slaughtered for ceremonies, gift out, leased, dowry payment) | Categorical |
Mktdist | Market distance | Distance to the nearest market: 0 = not far, 1 = far, 2 = moderately far, 3 = very far, 4 = extremely far | Ordinal measure, Likert scale rating by camel herd owners |
Veterinary | Access to veterinary interventions | Frequency of treatment of camel calves against diseases: 0 = None, 1 = less frequently, 2 = fairly frequently (average), 3 = frequently, 4 = more frequently | Ordinal, Likert scale rating by camel herd owners |
Herd | Gazing area where the herd is managed | Pastoral herd (0) peri-urban herd (1) | Categorical, dummy |
Security | Security situation for keeping camels | 0 = not secured, 1 = fairly secured, 2 = secured, 3 = more secured, 4 = highly secured | Categorical |
Train | Attendance to trainings/workshops/seminars on camel calf management | No = 1 and 0 otherwise | Categorical, dummy |
Labour | Labour used in carrying out camel management activities | Hired = 1 and 0 otherwise | Categorical, dummy |
Herd size | Herd size | Mature bulls | The total number of camels for the categories in column 3 |
Young bulls | |||
Breeding females | |||
Heifers | |||
Male calves | |||
Female calves | |||
Educ | Level of education | Informal | Likert scale |
Primary | |||
Technical after primary | |||
Secondary | |||
Post secondary | |||
Supplement | Supplementary feeding/grazing reserves | No = 1 and 0 otherwise | Categorical, dummy |