Variables | Organic n = 91 | Conventional n = 101 | P valuea |
---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 50 (20–69) | 53 (23–70) | 0.07 |
Years in profession | 25 (4–45) | 28 (1.5–77) | 0.63 |
Number of milking cows | 80 (40–460) | 75 (25–400) | 0.13 |
Gender of the respondent | |||
Female | 43.3 | 43.6 | 0.97 |
Geographical distributionb | |||
SE1 | 29.7 | 22.0 | 0.24 |
SE21 | 19.8 | 22.0 | |
SE22 | 5.5 | 15.0 | |
SE23 | 27.5 | 22.0 | |
SE3 | 17.6 | 15.0 | |
Milking system | |||
Parlour/rotary | 41.1 | 30.7 | < 0.001 |
Automatic milking system | 47.8 | 28.7 | |
Pipeline/tie-stall | 11.1 | 40.6 | |
Elementary agricultural school education | |||
Yes | 75.3 | 62.4 | 0.06 |
Post-secondary school education | |||
Yes | 62.5 | 45.5 | 0.02 |