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Table 6 Characteristics of farmers in the three clusters by modalities

From: A basic characterization of small-holders’ goat production systems in Laghouat area, Algeria

Modalities	Cluster 1	Cluster 2	Cluster 3	Total	Stat^a
Herd1	13	30	15	58	**
Herd2	12	16	0	28
Herd3	4	14	0	18
Mob0	0	0	15	15	***
Mob1	20	46	0	66
Mob2	9	14	0	23
Farm1	5	17	11	33	***
Farm2	17	23	0	40
Farm3	7	20	4	31
MK0	28	48	10	86	*
MK1	1	12	5	18	*
AR0	0	12	11	23	***
AR1	29	48	4	81	***
Cx0	19	26	10	55	ns
Cx1	10	34	5	49	ns
AA0	29	0	4	33	***
AA1	0	60	11	71	***
For0	29	1	7	37	***
For1	0	59	8	67	***
Pat0	0	0	15	15	***
Pat1	29	60	0	89	***

Stat ^astatistical significance of the chi-square or exact Fisher’s test for differences between clusters, ns not significant
*p ˂ 0.05; **p ˂ 0.01; ***p ˂ 0.001

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