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Table 19 -- Characteristics <strong>of</strong> livestock keepers stratified by health service channel<br />

choice<br />

Characteristic CBAHWs Vet staff Drug shops Mixed service<br />

Uusers users users users<br />

(s.d.) (s.d.) (s.d.) (s.d.)<br />

Mean distance to nearest 8.9 b 14.3 a 7.9 a, b 17.3 b<br />

Veter<strong>in</strong>ary drug shop (6.0) (10.8) (6.0) (8.8)<br />

Mean distance to nearest 26.7 a, b 44.0 a 25.0 a, b 40.6 b<br />

Veter<strong>in</strong>ary personnel (17.6) (20.1) (19.9) (17.7)<br />

Mean distance to nearest 1.87 2.13 1.79 2.23<br />

CBAHW (2.43) (1.81) (0.82) (1.64)<br />

Mean age <strong>in</strong> years 46.5 56.1 51.9 48.5<br />

(11.2) (15.5) (14.3) (14.5)<br />

Years <strong>of</strong> formal education 2.3 2.6 2.2 2.2<br />

(0.9) (1.5) (0.7) (0.9)<br />

Source: Survey data, 2001.<br />

Note: Values with the same superscript <strong>in</strong> a row are significantly different between<br />

groups us<strong>in</strong>g Kruskal-Wallis test; n=171; s.d. = standard deviation.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re were no significant differences between different health channel users as far as<br />

age, formal education, and years <strong>of</strong> farm<strong>in</strong>g experience were concerned. Users <strong>of</strong> veter<strong>in</strong>ary<br />

drug shops were nearer to drug outlets than users <strong>of</strong> other delivery channels. However, users<br />

<strong>of</strong> CBAHWs and veter<strong>in</strong>ary personnel were not more advantaged than users <strong>of</strong> other channels<br />

<strong>in</strong> terms <strong>of</strong> their physical access to their sources <strong>of</strong> animal health services. This result could<br />

imply that factors other than physical access play a significant role <strong>in</strong> the choice <strong>of</strong> health<br />

delivery channel.<br />

5.4 Variation <strong>in</strong> livestock productivity among users <strong>of</strong> different health delivery<br />

channels<br />

Table 20 summarizes the breed<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dex (BI) and birth ratios (BR) stratified by health<br />

delivery channel.<br />

On average, the number <strong>of</strong> births per cow for livestock keepers us<strong>in</strong>g veter<strong>in</strong>ary<br />

personnel was lower than that <strong>of</strong> those us<strong>in</strong>g CBAHWs (p = 0.10). On the other hand, the<br />

breed<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dex for cattle herds belong<strong>in</strong>g to users <strong>of</strong> veter<strong>in</strong>ary personnel was not<br />

significantly different from that <strong>of</strong> users <strong>of</strong> CBAHWs (p = 0.10). This f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g could be an<br />

<strong>in</strong>dication that the absolute calf mortality rate was higher <strong>in</strong> herds <strong>of</strong> livestock keepers us<strong>in</strong>g<br />

services <strong>of</strong> CBAHWs than those us<strong>in</strong>g services <strong>of</strong> veter<strong>in</strong>ary personnel. It appears that the

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