Table 2 – Results of a survey of Scottish dairy farmers - farmer demographics and farm characteristics
Q | Indicators | Categories | N | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
45 | Age | 18–35 36–50 > 51 | 13 28 20 | 21 (13/61) 46 (28/61) 33 (20/61) |
46 | Sex | Male Female | 55 6 | 90 (55/61) 10 (6/61) |
47 | Years in farming | < 5 6–20 21–40 > 41 | 0 20 26 15 | 0 (0/61) 33 (20/61) 43 (26/61) 25 (15/61) |
48 | Education level | High school Agricultural college University | 9 32 20 | 15 (9/61) 52 (32/61) 33 (20/61) |
49 | Farm system | Conventional Organic | 57 4 | 93 (57/61) 7 (4/61) |
51 | Disease free accreditation | None Only BVDa BVDa plus other (IBRb/Leptospirosis) | 6 29 26 | 10 (6/61) 48 (29/61) 42 (26/61) |
52 | Cattle bought last year | No Yes | 37 24 | 61 (37/61) 39 (24/61) |
53 | Farm type | Only dairy Dairy and beef Dairy and sheep Dairy, sheep, and beef | 32 9 10 10 | 52 (32/61) 15 (9/61) 16 (10/61) 16 (10/61) |
54 | Role | Owner Dairy manager | 44 17 | 72 (44/61) 28 (17/61) |