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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Learn Individ Differ. 2013 Oct 1;27:206–212. doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.01.011

Table 3.

Average score in the traditional ecological knowledge questionnaire by birth period (born 1920-1990) and domain of knowledge (n=651 Tsimane’ adult men; Years 2008-2009).

Elder
(n = 112)
Mature
(n = 207)
Young
(n = 332)
Total
(n = 651)
Mean S.D. Mean S.D. Mean S.D. Mean S.D.
Food
(0 to 7)
5.71 0.87 5.57 1.01 5.24 a (elder,mature) 1.23 5.43 1.13
Medicine
(0 to 5)
2.91 1.17 2.60 c (elder) 1.31 2.66 1.13 2.68 1.20
Firewood
(0 to 7)
1.71 2.09 1.71 2.11 1.51 1.92 1.61 2.01
Canoe
(0 to 2)
0.72 0.75 0.71 0.77 0.72 0.78 0.72 0.77
House building
(0 to 5)
2.84 0.85 3.11 b (elder) 0.94 3.08 c (elder) 0.99 3.05 0.96
Total
(0 to 26)
13.89 3.61 13.70 3.72 13.20 3.77 13.48 3.73

Note:

a

indicates a statistically significant difference (p<0.01) between the selected generation and the generation marked in the superscript in a One way Analysis of Variance.

b

indicates a statistically significant difference (p<0.05) between the selected generation and the generation marked in the superscript in a One way Analysis of Variance.

c

indicates a statistically significant difference (p<0.10) between the selected generation and the generation marked in the superscript in a One way Analysis of Variance.