| Characteristics of Chicken’s Farmers | Bukavu and Hinterland | Bweremana- Sake | Goma | Kinshasa | Kongo Central | Lubumbashi | Minova | Total | Test Stat. Value (F) |
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| Male | 20 (80) | 17 (68) | 11 (44) | 13 (54.2) | 16 (64) | 12 (60) | 19 (76) | 108 (63.9) |
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| Female | 5 (20) | 8 (32) | 14 (56) | 11 (45.8) | 9 (36) | 8 (40) | 6 (24) | 61 (36.1) |
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| Age of farmers |
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| Minimum age | 20 | 28 | 17 | 29 | 21 | 30 | 20 | 165 |
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| Maximum age | 70 | 82 | 70 | 75 | 59 | 73 | 59 | 488 |
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| Average age | 45.4 ± 13.6 | 46.2 ± 12.4 | 43.4 ± 13.5 | 48.9 ± 11.2 | 41.8 ± 10.9 | 51.3 ± 10.4 | 38.2 ± 11.9 | 44.9 ± 12.6 | 2.829** |
| Education |
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| Illiterate | 1 (4.2) | 2 (9.5) | 1 (4.5) |
| 2 (10) | 1 (5.6) | 4 (16) | 11 (7.3) |
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| Primary | 6 (25) | 5 (23.8) | 2 (9.1) | 3 (13.6) | 1 (5) | 2 (11.1) | 4 (16) | 23 (15.1) |
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| Secondary | 13 (54.2) | 12 (57.1) | 10 (45.5) | 10 (45.5) | 10 (50) | 6 (33.3) | 13 (52) | 74 (48.7) |
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| University | 4 (16.7) | 2 (9.5) | 9 (40.9) | 9 (40.9) | 7 (35) | 9 (50) | 4 (16) | 44 (28.9) |
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| Years’ experience |
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| Up to 5 years | 2.9 ± 1.7 | 3.4 ± 1.4 | 2.1 ± 1.1 | 4.0 ± 1.3 | 2.9 ± 1.4 | 2.0 ± 1.8 | 3.6 ± 1.2 | 3.0 ± 0.6 |
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| 6 - 10 years | 8.2 ± 2.0 | 7.5 ± 2.0 | 8.0 ± 2.0 | 8.4 ± 1.7 | 8.4 ± 1.7 | 7.6 ± 1.7 | 9.0 ± 1.7 | 8.0 ± 1.7 |
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| Above 10 years | 17.8 ± 5.7 | 23.1 ± 7.7 | 23.8 ± 13.3 | 20.5 ± 8.3 | 17.0 ± 4.1 | 16.0 ± 4.2 | 25.3 ± 10.5 | 20.1 ± 8.2 |
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| Position of the responding |
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| Responsible of Household /enterprise | 21 (84) | 14 (56) | 20 (80) | 10 (40) | 14 (56) | 10 (50) | 20 (80) | 109 (66.5) |
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| Children |
| 9 (36) | 5 (20) | 12 (48) | 7 (28) | 5 (25) | 3 (12) | 35 (21.3) |
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| Agent | 2 (8) |
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| 3 (12) | 4 (16) | 4 (20) |
| 13 (7.9) |
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| Spouse | 2 (8) | 2 (8) |
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| 1 (5) | 2 (8) | 7 (4.3) |
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