Statistical modelling/Ownership of cattle

Sixty four percent (85/133) of male heads and 37% (11/30) of female heads were the only owners of cattle in their homesteads. Are these differences significant?

The Chi-square test is an appropriate test to test this. To perform the test, click Stats → Statistical Tests → Contingency Tables.... Next, click the Create Table button in the dialog box to create a 2-way table with a blank spreadsheet. Rename column 1 as Male and column 2 as Female and fill in the spreadsheet with the values 85 11 48 and 19. Click 'OK' and complete the Chi-square test. This gives a chi-square value of 7.50 with 1 degree of freedom and a P-value of 0.006.

The result shows that there is sufficient evidence (P<0.01) to believe this difference to be real. Thus, female heads were more willing to allow ownership to be distributed between members of their households.