Factors influencing livestock export in Somaliland’s terminal markets

Pastoralism

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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of variables used in the model for small ruminants

Variable	Observations	Mean	Std. Dev.	Min	Max
Number of small ruminants traded per month^a	236	88,013	133,921	530	753,300
Number of active exporters	240	3	1.599	1	9
Monthly average price (USD)	240	57	13.990	25	82
	Dummy variables		Freq.	Percent
Location of markets	Hargeisa		120	50
Location of markets	Burao		120	50
Occurrence of the Hajj season	Normal season		199	83
Occurrence of the Hajj season	Hajj season		41	17
Access to quarantine	No access to quarantine		42	70
Access to quarantine	Access to quarantine		198	30
Experience of Australia suspension of live animal export to Saudi Arabia	No suspension		96	40
	Suspension		144	60
Existence of ban	No ban		66	27
Existence of ban	Ban
Experience of drought	No drought		182	77
Experience of drought	Drought		54	23
Existence of border restrictions	Border restriction		192	80
Existence of border restrictions	No border restriction		48	20

^aThere were four observations that were missing from the data on the monthly number of small ruminants transacted in Hargeisa and Burao markets for export which we treated as missing values