Table 5.
Determinants of traditional medicine and medicinal plant use
| Variables | Coefficients for determinants of use of traditional medicinea |
Coefficients for determinants of use of medicinal plants |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural mountain (n = 310) | Peri-urban (n = 252) | Rural hills (n = 567) | Rural mountain (n = 310) | Peri-urban (n = 252) | Rural hills (n = 567) | |
| Child | −0.47 (0.20)** | −0.01 (0.29) | −0.22 (0.16) | −0.41 (0.21)* | −0.64 (0.33)* | −0.44 (0.19)** |
| Elder | 0.32 (0.18)* | −0.38 (0.25) | 0.45 (0.15)** | 0.15 (0.19) | −0.42 (0.25)* | 0.44 (0.16)** |
| Household headed by a female | −0.16 (0.18) | 0.11 (0.28) | −0.20 (0.16) | −0.32 (0.18)* | 0.07 (0.28) | −0.19 (0.17) |
| Education of household head | 0.006 (0.02) | −0.01 (0.02) | -0.05 (0.02)** | −0.01 (0.02) | −0.04 (0.02)* | -0.06 (0.02)** |
| Chronic | −0.10 (0.22) | 0.20 (0.23) | 1.04 (0.18)*** | −1.06 (0.27)*** | 0.30 (0.25) | 0.37 (0.18)** |
| Rich | 0.28 (0.16)* | 0.50 (0.21)** | −0.11 (0.12) | 0.11 (0.16) | 0.44 (0.22)** | −0.28 (0.13)** |
| Knowledge of medicinal plants | 1.40 (0.40)*** | 1.26 (0.40)** | 0.51 (0.12)*** | 1.03 (0.39)** | 0.52 (0.13)*** | |
| Constant | −1.47 (0.43)*** | −2.29 (0.43)*** | −0.81 (0.11)*** | −1.19 (0.42)** | −1.09 (0.27)*** | −0.95 (0.12)*** |
aValues in bracket are standard errors.
*Significant at 10% level, ** Significant at 5% level, *** Significant at 1% level.