Table 5.

Mean, standard deviation, and multiple comparison of gathering frequency among different categories of gatherers

Variablesa	Mean and standard deviationb	Multiple comparison p valuec
Multiple comparison of gathering frequency between gatherers groups
Orphans HIV/AIDS affected children	3.61 (1.818)
Comparison with non-affected children		0.000*
Comparison with HIV/AIDS affected adults		0.130 ns
Comparison with non-affected adults		0.002*
HIV/AIDS affected adults	2.84 (1.828)
Comparison with non-affected adults		0.880 ns
Comparison with non-affected children		0.018*
Non-HIV/AIDS affected children	1.73 (1.070)
Comparison with non-affected adults		0.044*
Non-HIV/AIDS affected adults	2.56 (1.852)
Comparison with orphans HIV/AIDS affected children		0.002*
Comparison with HIV/AIDS affected adults		0.880 ns
Comparison with non-affected children		0.044*

^a, variable subjected to multiple comparisons (orphan HIV/AIDS affected children; HIV/AIDS affected adults; non-HIV/AIDS affected and children and adults).

^b Mean and Standard deviation in gathering frequencies among gatherers categories

^c Multiple comparison between gatherers categories showing significance levels