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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of livestock breeders divided by each phase of construct validity of the research questionnaire

From: Design and validation of brucellosis prevention questionnaire focused on animal vaccination

Characteristics

Total (n = 432)

Exploratory Factor analysis data (n = 212)

Confirmatory Factor analysis data(n = 220)

P-valuea

Number (%)

Number (%)

Number (%)

Age: Mean ± SD)

51.68 ± 16.40

51.43 ± 16.78

51.92 ± 16.05

0.76

Sex

 Male

432(100%)

212(100%)

220(100%)

 

 Femaleb

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

 

Animal type

   

0.77

 Cow

53 (12.3%)

25 (11.8%)

28 (12.7%)

 

 Sheep & Goat

379 (87.7%)

187 (88.2%)

192 (87.3%)

 

Job

   

0.91

 self-employed

16 (3.7%)

6 (2.8%)

10 (4.5%)

 

 employee

12 (2.8%)

6 (2.8)

6 (2.7%)

 

 Farmer

329 (76.1%)

162 (76.4%)

167 (75.9%)

 

 Unemployed

75 (17.4%)

38 (18.0%)

37 (16.9%)

 

Educational level

   

0.95

 Illiterate

191 (44.2%)

92 (43.4%)

99 (45.0%)

 

 Elementary

14 (42.6%)

93 (43.9%)

91 (41.4%)

 

 High school

48 (11.1%)

23 (10.8%)

25 (11.4%)

 

 Graduate diploma

9 (2.1%)

4 (1.9%)

5 (2.3%)

 

Income

   

0.64

 Less than household expenses

382 (88.4%)

189 (89.2%)

193 (87.7%)

 

 Equal to household expenses

50 (11.6%)

23 (10.8%)

27 (12.3%)

 

Prior brucellosis prevention

 No

412 (95.4%)

202 (95.3%)

210 (95.5%)

0.93

 Yes

20 (4.6%)

10 (4.7%)

10 (4.5%)

 

Previous history of brucellosis in humans

   

0.79

 No

256 (59.3%)

127 (59.9%)

129 (58.6%)

 

 Yes

176 (40.7%)

85 (40.1%)

91 (41.4%)

 

The number of family members (Range)

7 (2–12)

6 (3–11)

7 (2–12)

0.96

  1. aThe relationship between the two nodes of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis
  2. b All livestock breeders in this region were male