Research, Policy and Practice
Variables | Overall | Teso | Karamoja | Difference |
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Gender of cattle trader (%) | ||||
 Male | 94 | 93 | 95 | − 2 |
 Female | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Education of cattle trader | ||||
 Primary | 66 | 65 | 67 | − 2 |
 Secondary | 30 | 33 | 28 | 5 |
Experience in cattle trade | 99 | 103 | 94 | 9 |
Age of cattle trader | 41 | 41 | 40 | 1 |
A cattle trader’s means of transport (%) | ||||
 Trekking | 43 | 25 | 62 | − 37*** |
 Trucking | 17 | 32 | 2 | 30*** |
 Trekking trucking | 48 | 43 | 37 | 6 |
 Access to credit (%) | 63 | 93 | 32 | 61*** |
 Credit receipt (%) | 42 | 70 | 15 | 55*** |
Means of accessing market information (%) | ||||
 Cattle trader | 94 | 88 | 100 | − 12** |
 Telephones | 22 | 43 | 0 | 43*** |
 Radios | 15 | 32 | 0 | 32*** |
 COVID 19 impact (%) | 97 | 93 | 100 | 7* |