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Table 4 Livestock inheritance by livelihood categories and members of households (values are mean ± standard deviation)

From: Traditional gender inequalities limit pastoral women’s opportunities for adaptation to climate change: Evidence from the Afar pastoralists of Ethiopia

Livestock Types inherited	Livelihood category			Household members
Livestock Types inherited	Agrarian	Pastoral	Agro-pastoral	Husbands	Wives	Sons	Daughters
Camel	0 ± 0.00	0.38 ± 1.38*	0 ± 0.00	0.54 ± 1.70*	0.03 ± 0.20	0.04 ± 0.38	0 ± 0.00
Goat	0.31 ± 2.77	1.85 ± 6.24*	0.30 ± 2.66	2.82 ± 8.4*	0.59 ± 2.58	0.18 ± 1.74	0 ± 0.00
Sheep	0 ± 0.00	0.04 ± 0.46	0.03 ± 0.44	0.075 ± 0.64	0.03 ± 0.38	0 ± 0.00	0 ± 0.00
Cattle	0.43 ± 1.36*	0.11 ± 1.05	0.41 ± 2.39*	0.92 ± 3.05*	0.17 ± 0.98	0.01 ± 0.09	0.01 ± 0.09
Donkey	0.04 ± 0.20	0.05 ± 0.29	0.02 ± 0.18	0.12 ± 0.41	0.03 ± 0.17	0 ± 0.00	0 ± 0.00

*Values across rows are significantly different (P<0.01)

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