Table 2.

Average number of medicinal plants cited per respondent groups

Study sites	Gender		T-test	Age groups		T-test
	Male	Female	P-value	> 40	≤40	P-value
Maale (n = 26 )	20.33	13.64	0.01*	19.67	12.73	0.01*
Ari 1(n = 24)	9.40	5.00	0.00*	8.06	7.22	0.65
Ari 2 (n = 24)	7.57	3.80	0.00*	6.77	5.09	0.13
Overall			0.01*

People aged above 40 are considered matured adult by the community; P-values < 0.05 are marked with*.