Table 14 Latent mean difference, variance and effect sizes for attitude—gender (reference: males) and experience (reference: non-organic) comparisons
From: Consumer perception of sustainable practices in dairy production
Statistic/model | Gender comparison (vs. M) | Experience comparison (vs. NO) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | F | NO | OO | OR | |
Mean difference | |||||
 Agroforestry | 0 | 0.185 | 0 | 0.233 | 0.29 |
 Prolonged maternal feeding | 0 | 0.168 | 0 | 0.174 | 0.368 |
 Alternative protein source | 0 | 0.073 | 0 | 0.354 | 0.25 |
Mean variance | |||||
 Agroforestry | 1.029 | 0.993 | 0.978 | 0.879 | 1.123 |
 Prolonged maternal feeding | 1.05 | 1.055 | 1.108 | 0.905 | 1.048 |
 Alternative protein source | 1.127 | 1.175 | 1.05 | 1.066 | 1.29 |
Effect Size | |||||
 Agroforestry |  | 0.184 |  | 0.240 | 0.284 |
 Prolonged maternal feeding |  | 0.164 |  | 0.178 | 0.367 |
 Alternative protein source |  | 0.069 |  | 0.352 | 0.237 |
Sample size (n) | |||||
 Agroforestry | 759 | 1070 | 769 | 472 | 588 |
 Prolonged maternal feeding | 727 | 1125 | 794 | 475 | 583 |
 Alternative protein source | 799 | 1017 | 801 | 438 | 577 |