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Table 6.3. Distribution of mean herd size differences among survey municipalities.

Dependent variable Municipality (I) Municipality (J) Mean difference (I-J) Std. error Significance

Household size Amatole Chris Hani -0.53 0.72 0.464

Alfred Nzo -1.2 0.79 0.134

Chris Hani Amatole -0.53 0.72 0.464

Alfred Nzo -0.66 0.93 0.477

Alfred Nzo Amatole 1.2 0.79 0.134

Chris Hani 0.66 0.93 0.477

Herd-size Amatole Chris Hani -2 1.83 0.275

Alfred Nzo -9.57* 2.01 0

Chris Hani Amatole 2 1.83 0.275

Alfred Nzo -7.57* 2.36 0.002

Alfred Nzo Amatole 9.57* 2.01 0

Chris Hani 7.57* 2.36 0.002

* The mean difference is significant at 5%.

Table 6.4. Maximum likelihood estimates for the Nguni Cattle marketing model.

Parameter Estimate Error Chi-Square P -value

Intercept 14.5488 4.9590 8.6071 0.0033

Gender 4.7246 2.0549 5.2865 0.0215

Age -1.3229 0.7723 2.9339 0.0867

Education 1.2223 0.8806 1.9268 0.1651

Household size 0.00248 0.1216 0.0004 0.9837

Herd size 0.00133 0.0606 0.0005 0.9824

Information access -7.2121 2.2111 10.6390 0.0011

Market price 0.0465 0.5126 0.0082 0.9276

Market distance -0.3879 0.6506 0.3556 0.5510

Market availability 2.8836 1.3306 4.6965 0.0302

Transport availability 4.2060 1.4369 8.5683 0.0034

Transport affordability 1.8118 1.2262 2.1831 0.1395

Method of payment 0.2698 1.1086 0.0593 0.8077

Body condition -5.0995 1.6142 9.9805 0.0016