Table 1 Descriptive statistics of socio-economic characteristics of surveyed households in coastal West Bengal.

From: Exploring determinants of climate change adaptation by smallholder livestock farmers in coastal West Bengal, India using a double hurdle econometric approach

Sl.no

Variable

Mean

Std. Dev

1

Age

52.769

12.103

2

Family education

3.04

1.127

3

Total land holding

0.622

0.506

4

Standard animal unit

2.111

0.988

 

 (a) Number of indigenous cattle

2.158

1.249

 

 (b) Number of crossbred cattle

0.308

0.897

 

 (c) Number of small ruminants (Goat and sheep)

1.861

3.386

5

Market distance

3.858

1.982

6

Availing institutional credit

1.519

1.068

7

Availing non-institutional credit

1.136

0.634

8

Availing of livestock training

0.308

0.462

9

Infrastructural availability

11.483

3.822

10

Climatic information services

4.336

2.043

11

Community participation

3.389

1.18

12

Access to livestock extension services

0.347

0.477

13

Mass-media participation

6.047

2.624

14

Income from livestock sector

60,814.333

36,394.584

15

Availability of fodder

0.361

0.481

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