Exploration & description/Ownership

In order to examine further the influence of gender of head of homestead on cattle ownership, we summarised the results in a contingency table categorised by ownership solely by the head versus other combinations of ownership.

The percentages in the table show that when the head was male he was almost twice as likely to be the sole owner of all the cattle in the homestead compared with all other categories of ownership. On the other hand, when the head was female, the pattern was reversed.

However, these results really need to be tested statistically before a final conclusion can be made. This is done later under Statistical modelling.