Table 2.

Informants’ knowledge in the Ambalabe rural community according to demographic variables

		Total number of people interviewed	Number of informants who cited frequent diseases	Number of diseases cited (not cited)	Total of species cited	Percentage of total
Gender	Men	104	58	6	68	82
	Women	89	36	5 (bilharzia)	45	54.2
Age group	[16–25]	43	15	6	22	26.5
	[26–35]	38	20	6	28	33.7
	[36–45]	44	25	6	37	44.6
	[46–55]	34	21	6	40	48.2
	[56–65]	20	9	6	26	31.3
	[66 +]	14	4	4 (bilharzia, dysentery)	4	4.8
Marital status	Single	30	13	4 (bilharzia, dysentery)	16	19.3
	Married	152	76	6	78	94
	Divorcee	7	4	4 (bilharzia, stomach-ache)	7	8.4
	Widowed	4	1	4 (cough, malaria)	9	10.8