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Table 1 Data about the herders and their connection with forest grazing

From: Prohibited, but still present: local and traditional knowledge about the practice and impact of forest grazing by domestic livestock in Hungary

 

N = 58

100%

Male

46

79%

Female

12

21%

Under 35 years of age (the youngest was 21)

1

2%

35–65 years of age

34

58%

Over 65 years of age (the oldest was 94)

23

40%

Highest level of education: primary

24

41%

Highest level of education: secondary

22

38%

Highest level of education: tertiary or graduate level

11

19%

Level of education unknown

1

2%

Has knowledge from the period before 1961

38

67%

Has knowledge from the period 1961–2017

50

87%

Knowledge also acquired from a family member

40

69%

Knowledge also acquired from older herders

32

55%

Has practised forest grazing before 2017

58

100%

Has practised forest grazing between 2017 and 2019

36

64%

Has practised forest grazing in her/his own forest

20

34%

Has practised forest grazing in a forest owned by others

38

66%

Grazes or has grazed sheep

45

78%

Grazes or has grazed cattle

22

38%