Table 1 Beef farmers’ demographic features and attributes (n = 384)

Number of Participants

 Mueang

77

20.05

16.05

24.06

 Na Klang

54

14.06

10.59

17.54

 Na Wang

10

2.60

1.01

4.20

 Suwannakhuha

58

15.10

11.52

18.69

 Si Bunrueang

44

11.46

8.27

14.64

 Non Sang

141

36.72

31.90

41.54

Gender

 Male

234

60.90

55.90

65.70

 Female

150

39.10

34.30

44.10

Age

 24 – 42 years old

42

10.90

8.17

14.50

 43 – 60 years old

221

57.60

52.50

62.40

 61 – 78 years old

118

30.70

26.30

35.50

 79 – 96 years old

3

0.78

0.25

2.41

Education

 Higher than High school

16

4.17

2.56

6.71

 High school

100

26.00

21.90

30.70

 Elementary

239

62.20

57.30

67.00

 Under elementary

29

7.55

5.29

10.70

Experience

 1 – 15

303

78.90

74.50

82.70

 16 – 30

70

18.20

14.70

22.40

 31 – 45

4

1.04

0.39

2.75

 46 – 61

7

1.82

0.87

3.79

LSD status

 Yes

210

54.70

49.70

59.60

 No

174

45.30

40.40

50.30