What determine the price of Bonga sheep at the market level in Southwestern Ethiopia? A hedonic price analysis

Table 2 Descriptive statistics of variables used in the model.

Continuous variables	Observation	Mean	St.dev
Price of sheep in Ethiopian Birr (ETB)	300	2750.96	596.07
Age of sheep in months	300	13.34	5.15

Categorical/dummy variables	Responses	Frequency	Percentage
Purpose of purchase	Reselling	156	52.00
	Rearing	63	21.00
	Slaughtering (consumption)	52	17.33
	Religious purpose	29	9.67
Market place	Boka	83	27.67
	Bonga	52	17.33
	Gojebi	58	19.33
	Daka	67	22.33
	Oda	40	13.33
Buyer type	Farmer	67	22.33
	Traders	128	42.67
	Butchers/hotel	64	21.33
	Individual consumers	41	13.67
Sex of sheep	Male	233	77.67
Sex of sheep	Female	66	22.00
Season	Fasting season	53	17.67
	Holidays season	159	53.00
	Normal time	88	29.33
Body condition	Poor	81	27.00
	Average	139	46.33
	Good	80	26.67
Colour	Red	119	39.67
	Brown	124	41.33
	White-mixed	37	12.33
	Others (black)	20	6.67
Tail type	Very fat-tailed	66	22.00
	Fat-tailed	139	46.33
	Thin tailed	95	31.67
Sex of sheep	Male	233	77.66
Sex of sheep	Female	66	22.00
Horn type	Horney	37	12.33
Horn type	Hornless	263	87.67

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