Table 2 Descriptive statistics for sheep in the local market and marketparticipants
From: Valuation of traits of indigenous sheep using hedonic pricing in CentralEthiopia
Description | Mean(SD)/percentage |
|---|---|
Price per head of sheep (ETB*) | 238.36(83.92) |
Age of sheep in months | 12(11.431) |
Male sheep (%) | 58.5 |
Sheep coat color (%) | Â |
Red | 44.1 |
Creamy white | 28.7 |
Black | 10.3 |
Brown | 3.1 |
White | 4.6 |
White mixed with other colors | 9.2 |
Body condition (%) | Â |
Good | 48.2 |
Medium | 48.2 |
Bad | 3.6 |
Body size (%) | Â |
Small | 32.8 |
Medium | 42.6 |
Large | 24.6 |
Tail condition (%) | Â |
Long fat tail | 24.1 |
Long thin tail | 47.7 |
Medium length thin tail | 14.9 |
Medium length fat tail | 13.3 |
Buyers’ occupation (%) |  |
Trader | 41 |
Farmer | 10.8 |
Farmer-trader | 6.2 |
Others | 42.1 |
Sellers’ occupation (%) |  |
Trader | 12.8 |
Farmer | 61 |
Farmer-trader | 13.8 |
Others | 12.4 |