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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 90 livestock breeders, who participated in a PRECEDE PROCEED model-driven educational intervention

From: Application of the PRECEDE -PROCEED model in prevention of brucellosis focused on livestock vaccination process

Variables

Intervention (n = 45)

Control (n = 45)

P-Value #

Age (years) (Mean ± SD)

33.23 ± 10.30

34.13 ± 9.13

0.68

Animal type(s) (Frequency (%))

  

0.50

 Sheep & Goat

39 (87.6)

41 (91.1)

 Cow

6 (13.3)

4 (8.9)

Job (Frequency (%))

  

0.58

 Livestock breeder& Another Private job

4 (8.9)

6 (13.3)

 Livestock breeder& Farmer

3 (6.7)

5 (11.1)

 Only livestock breeder

38 (84.4)

34 (75.6)

Education (Frequency (%))

  

0.41

 Illiterate

10 (22.2)

9 (20.00)

 Elementary

20 (44.4)

26 (57.8)

 Not completed high school

12 (26.7)

6 (13.3)

 High school diploma

3 (6.7)

4 (8.9)

Number of family members (Median (P25 – P75))

5 (4–6)

4 (3.5–6)

0.35

  1. #P-values are computed based on independent t-, Man-Whitney U and exact Chi-Square tests where appropriate