Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of respondents and their perception towards the conservation of jackals in Konasa-Pulasa Community Conserved Forest

Variables

n = 290

%

Positive

Neutral

Negative

Gender

Male

243

84

136 (55.9)

10 (4.1)

98 (40.3)

Female

47

16

20 (42.6)

12 (25.5)

15 (31.9)

Average

49.3%

14.8%

36.1%

Age categories

18–30 years old

51

18

30 (58.8)

4 (7.8)

17 (33.3)

31–45 years old

106

36

64 (60.4)

7 (6.6)

35 (33.0)

46–60 years old

73

25

36 (49.3)

13 (17.8)

24 (32.9)

61–80 years old

60

21

17 (28.3)

9 (15.0)

34 (56.7)

Average

49.2%

11.8%

38.9%

Educational status

Illiterate

95

33

30 (31.6)

21 (22.1)

44 (46.3)

1⁰ education ( 1–8)

113

39

40 (35.4)

20 (17.7)

53 (46.9)

2⁰ education (9–12)

59

20

42 (71.2)

5 (8.5)

12 (20.3)

Above 12 grade

23

8

18 (78.3)

2 (8.7)

3 (13.0)

Average

54.1%

14.5%

31.6%

Family size

1–4

70

24.2

50 (71.4)

8 (11.4)

12 (17.1)

5–8

117

40.3

48 (41.0)

15 (12.8)

54 (46.2)

9 and above

103

35.5

23 (22.3)

6 (5.8)

74 (71.8)

Average

44.9%

10.0%

45.0%

Farming practice

Mixed farming

195

67

77 (39.5)

16 (8.2)

102 (52.3)

Crop cultivation

52

18

25 (48.1)

4 (7.7)

23 (44.2)

Livestock rearing

41

14

5 (12.2)

3 (7.3)

33 (80.5)

Other activity

2

1

2 (100)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Average

50.0%

5.8%

44.3%

Size of farm land

0.5-1 hectare

153

52.7

56 (36.6)

14 (9.1)

83 (54.2)

1.1–2.5 hectare

77

26.5

32 (41.6)

4 (5.2)

41 (53.2)

2.6-4 hectare

49

17.0

20 (40.8)

5 (10.2)

24 (48.9)

4.1-above

11

3.8

6 (54.5)

1 (9.1)

4 (36.4)

Average

43.4%

8.4%

48.2%