Research, Policy and Practice
All households | Camel households | Non-camel households | ||
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Explanatory variable | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | |
Age of household head (years) | 49.62 ± 14.98 | 54.2 ± 13.8 | 45.91 ± 14.98 | |
Household size (people) | 11.35 ± 5.88 | 11.46 ± 5.48 | 11.27 ± 6.23 | |
On-farm income (Uganda shillings(UGX)) | 1085002 ± 1471227 a | 1628802 ± 1728317 a | 643164 ± 1044305 a | |
Off-farm income (Uganda shillings(UGX)) | 411353 ± 1172925 a | 318039 ± 526810 a | 487172 ± 1507846 a | |
Herd size (TLU) (excluding camels) | 15.53 ± 25.92 | 22.16 ± 35.49 | 10.14 ± 11.88 | |
Herd size (camels only) | 17.96 ± 22.12 | |||
Extension support | Yes | 21.2% | 23.1% | 19.7% |
No | 78.8% | 76.92% | 80.3% | |
Access to credit | Yes | 29.2% | 25.5% | 32.3% |
No | 70.8% | 74.5% | 67.7% | |
Distance to the nearest input stockist (km) | 8.31 ± 6.76 | 9.19 ± 6.47 | 7.63 ± 6.94 | |
Distance to the nearest extension office (km) | 6.69 ± 5.82 | 6.41 ± 5.65 | 6.91 ± 5.98 |