Table 3.
Means and SD showing intergenerational differences in Total-LEK and its different subcomponents (species-LEK, soil and water-LEK, and forecasting-LEK). Statistical comparisons were made with Kruskal–Wallis tests
Age classes | N | Total-LEK | Species-LEK | Soil and water-LEK | Forecasting-LEK | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
≤34 | 6 | 30.00a | 12.28 | 14.00a | 6.07 | 8.67a | 4.59 | 7.33 | 3.45 |
35–54 | 22 | 37.00ab | 8.60 | 18.00a | 4.05 | 12.56ab | 3.75 | 6.46 | 2.98 |
55–64 | 35 | 42.11b | 8.30 | 21.37b | 3.67 | 13.71b | 3.79 | 7.03 | 3.05 |
≥65 | 59 | 38.81ab | 9.50 | 19.42ab | 5.53 | 12.49ab | 2.91 | 6.90 | 3.57 |
χ 2 | 9.99* | 12.68** | 7.71* | 0.643 |
Significance: * ≤10 %, ** ≤5 %
Age classes with different letters were significantly different according to Dunn’s multiple comparison test