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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of variables used in the model for cattle
From: Factors influencing livestock export in Somaliland’s terminal markets
Variable | Observations | Mean | Std. Dev. | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of cattle traded per month | 120 | 7895 | 2956 | 1142 | 16,476 |
Number of active exporters | 120 | 52 | 55 | 5 | 194 |
Monthly average price (USD) | 120 | 527 | 137 | 346 | 963 |
Dummy variables | Freq. | Percent | |||
Occurrence of the Hajj season | Normal season | 100 | 83 | ||
Hajj season | 20 | 17 | |||
Access to quarantine | No access to quarantine | 21 | 18 | ||
Access to quarantine | 99 | 82 | |||
Experience of ban | No ban | 87 | 73 | ||
Ban | 33 | 27 | |||
Experience of drought | No drought | 93 | 77 | ||
Drought | 27 | 23 | |||
Existence of border restrictions | Border restriction | 24 | 20 | ||
No border restriction | 96 | 80 | |||