Table 1 Socioeconomic characteristics of the sampled households

Gender

Male 75.7% and female 24.3%

Age

Mean 44 and range 22–74

Literacy level

Illiterate 66.2%, primary 22%, and secondary 3%

Family size

Mean 7 and range 2–13

Occupation

Agropastoralist 87.8% and pastoralist 12.2%

Land holding size (ha)

Mean 4 with max. of 15

Livestock (TLU)

Mean 10.21 with max. of 57.6

Livestock composition (%)

Camel (25.3), cattle (45.2), goat (15.3), sheep (7.4), and donkey (6.8)

Religions (%)

Muslim (50), Wakefeta (28), Christianity (12.2), and others (9.8)