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Table 2 Characteristics of the cattle traders by sub-region

From: The impacts of COVID-19 on cattle traders and their response in agro-pastoral and pastoral regions in Uganda: A case of Karamoja and Teso cattle traders

Variables

Overall

Teso

Karamoja

Difference

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*

  1. Source: primary data
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001