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. 2014 Jan 7;10:1. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-1

Table 7.

Number (n = absolute number, % = percentage) of alters who are relatives and non-relatives in personal networks of food and medicinal plant knowledge in Australia, Brazil and Peru

Domain
 Food
 Medicinal plants
Research areas
 Australia
 Brazil
 Peru
 Sum
 Australia
 Brazil
 Peru
 Sum
(n = 13)
 (n = 8)
 (n = 9)
 (n = 30)
 (n = 11)
 (n = 7)
 (n = 8)
 (n = 26)
Number/percentage (n/%) n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n %
Relatives
 28
 67
 45
 73
 63
 48
 136
 58
 15
 71
 18
 47
 29
 44
 62
 50
1st degree
 Grandparents
 5
 12
 4
 6
 8
 6
 17
 7
 3
 14
 -
 -
 5
 8
 8
 6
Parents/foster parents
 11
 26
 12
 19
 15
 12
 38
 16
 7
 33
 10
 26
 11
 17
 28
 22
Siblings/stepbrothers and stepsisters
 5
 12
 6
 10
 10
 8
 21
 9
 2
 10
 2
 5
 -
 -
 4
 3
Children
 2
 5
 3
 5
 2
 2
 7
 3
 -
 -
 1
 3
 -
 -
 1
 1
2nd degree
 Aunts/uncles
 -
 -
 6
 10
 13
 10
 19
 8
 3
 14
 1
 3
 2
 3
 6
 5
Cousins
 -
 -
 5
 8
 1
 1
 6
 3
 -
 -
 -
 -
 1
 2
 1
 1
Nieces/nephews
 -
 -
 -
 -
 1
 1
 1
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Parents-in-law
 2
 5
 1
 2
 2
 2
 5
 2
 -
 -
 -
 -
 4
 6
 4
 3
Spouses/brothers or sisters-in-law
 3
 7
 3
 5
 7
 5
 13
 6
 -
 -
 3
 8
 1
 2
 4
 3
Children-in-law
 -
 -
 2
 3
 1
 1
 3
 1
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Distant relatives
 -
 -
 3
 5
 3
 2
 6
 3
 -
 -
 1
 3
 5
 8
 6
 5
Non-relatives
 14
 33
 17
 27
 67
 52
 98
 42
 6
 29
 20
 53
 37
 56
 63
 50
Friends
 8
 19
 11
 18
 15
 1
 34
 15
 4
 19
 7
 18
 16
 24
 27
 22
Acquaintances
 1
 2
 5
 8
 19
 15
 25
 11
 1
 5
 9
 24
 12
 18
 22
 18
Work relationships
 5
 12
 1
 2
 14
 11
 20
 9
 1
 5
 0
 0
 7
 11
 8
 6
Neighbours
 -
 -
 -
 -
 19
 15
 19
 8
 -
 -
 4
 11
 2
 3
 6
 5
Total 42 100 62 100 130 100 234 100 21 100 38 100 66 100 125 100