Adoption of milk safety practices: evidence from dairy farmers in Ethiopia

Table 2 Descriptive statistics and comparison of independent variables by zone

Variables	East Hararghe		Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne			Total
Variables	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	t-value	Mean	SE
Education of head (years of schooling)	3.46	0.25	3.69	0.32	− 0.56	3.55	0.20
Active labor (number)	3.21	0.10	3.18	0.12	0.19	3.20	0.08
Distance from water (walking minutes)	14.73	1.15	16.97	1.18	− 1.30	15.59	0.84
Dairy production experience (years)	19.26	0.66	21.99	0.97	− 2.40***	20.30	0.55
Number of lactating cows	1.28	0.04	2.52	0.12	− 11.77***	1.75	0.06
Milk consumed at home (%)	57.04	1.74	55.94	3.23	0.33	56.62	1.64
Sex of head (male = 1)	0.92	0.02	0.89	0.03	1.06	0.90	0.01
Children under five (yes = 1)	0.58	0.03	0.41	0.04	3.54***	0.52	0.02
Credit use (yes = 1)	0.21	0.03	0.13	0.03	2.12**	0.18	0.02
Membership to cooperative (yes = 1)	0.24	0.03	0.26	0.04	− 0.46	0.25	0.02
Dairy training (yes = 1)	0.09	0.02	0.31	0.04	− 5.95***	0.17	0.02
Milk safety information (yes = 1)	0.22	0.03	0.48	0.04	− 5.60***	0.32	0.02
Milk safety inspection (yes = 1)	0.22	0.03	0.35	0.04	− 2.98***	0.27	0.02

Source: Authors
*** and ** signify statistically significant at 1% and 5% significance levels, respectively. SE means standard error

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