Evaluation of the proper use of medication available over the counter by subsistence and emerging farmers in Mbombela Municipality, South Africa

Table 3 Summary of the results based on the number of livestock units owned per farmer

Size of farm	Avg Income ($)	Respondents	Gender (M/F/O)	Education (N/B/T/O)	Farming Experience (years)	Cumulative Livestock Units	Livestock unit per respondent	Age (years)
Small	1844 ± 2373	154	138/16/0	88/59/0/0	13.40 ± 11.99	860.32	5.58 ± 2.29	59.51 ± 15
Intermediate	1589 ± 1897	128	103/24/1	75/48/6/1	20.22 ± 16.80	2027.01	15.84 ± 4.3	59.98 ± 15.84
Large	1560 ± 1621	36	31/5/0	20/15/4/1	18.69 ± 11.4	1202.43	33.4 ± 7.61	56.33 ± 16.56
Very Large	1373 ± 205	4	4/0/0	3/1/1/0	31.25 ± 8.54	247.01	61.75 ± 16.07	76.75 ± 2.87
Grand Total	1705 ± 2100	322	322	322	16.93 ± 14.42	4336.77	13.47 ± 11.14	59.55 ± 15.54

Income, Farming experience, Livestock unit per farmer and Age are presented as Mean ± SD. Size of farm: Based on the total livestock units owned; small- < 10, intermediate – 10 to 20, large 25 to 50, and very large > 50. Livestock unit was calculated based on the total number of animals owned by a respondent with cattle = 1 unit; sheep/goats = 0.1; Pigs = 0.3; chickens = 0.014. Gender F Female, M Male, O not provided. Education N No schooling, B Basic education, T Tertiary education, O-Not provided

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