Table 1 Description of variables used in the estimation of the hedonic price function
Attributes | Attribute description and measurement |
|---|---|
Sheep price | Price of sheep per head by Ethiopian Birr (ETB) in natural logarithm |
Age of sheep | Continuous; measured by the arrangement of teeth in months |
Sex of sheep | Dummy; 1 = male, 0 = female |
Coat colour | Categorical; 1 = red, 2 = white-mixed, 3 = brown, 4 = black |
Body condition | Categorical; 1 = good, 2 = average, 3 = poor |
Tail type | Categorical; 1 = very fat, 2 = fat tailed, 3 = thin tailed |
Horn type | Dummy; 1 = horny, 0 = hornless |
Buyer type | Categorical; 1 = farmer 2 = consumer 3 = trader 4 = Butchers and hotels |
Market place | Categorical; 1 = boka, 2 = bonga, 3 = gojjeb, 4 = daka, 5 = Oda |
Seasons of sheep sold | Categorical; 1 = holiday seasons, 2 = fasting seasons, 3 = normal season |
Purpose of purchase | Categorical; 1 = resale, 2 = rearing, 3 = slaughtering(consumption), 4 = Religious purpose |