Research, Policy and Practice
Table 1 List of qualitative variables used in the MCA
From: Characterisation of smallholders’ goat production systems in the Fatick area, Senegal
Variables | Codes | Modalities |
|---|---|---|
Educational level | Educ | Educ1 = literacy |
Educ2 = primary | ||
Educ3 = secondary | ||
Educ4 = quranic | ||
Buck breed | Breed | Breed 1 = local |
Breed 2 = crossbred | ||
Breed 3 = exotic | ||
Grazing modes | GrazMod | Mod 1 = mixed crop-livestock system |
Mod 2 = herding and tethering | ||
Mod 3 = free grazing | ||
Animal housing | House | House 0 = homeless |
House 1 = shelters | ||
Milk processing | Proc | Proc 0 = no process |
Proc 1 = curdled milk | ||
Proc 2 = cheese and yoghurt | ||
Milking | milk | milk 0 = no milking |
Milk 1 = milking | ||
Motivation to keeping goat | Motivation | Motivation 1 = cash income and self-consumption (milk and/or meat) |
Motivation 2 = milk | ||
Motivation 3 = both | ||
Birth size | BSize | Single birth |
Double birth | ||
Common diseases | Disease | Disease 1 = respiratory disease |
Disease 2 = digestive disease | ||
Disease 3 = skin disease | ||
Disease 4 = parasitic disease | ||
Bovine keeping | Bov | Bov 0 = keep cattle? |
Bov 1 = no bovine | ||
Sheep keeping | Sheep | Sheep 0 = keep sheep |
Sheep 1 = no sheep | ||
Household size | HSize | Small, 1 to 5 members |
Medium, 6 to 10 members | ||
Large, > 10 members |