Table 10.
Familiarity of Chitwan National Park buffer zone people with native snakes, their knowledge about snake conservation and prevention of their bites
| Group of people | a. Knowing VS | b. Claim of NVSasVS | c. Knowing NVS | d. Claim of VSasNVS | e. Knowing English name | f. Knowing local name | g. Snake conservation | h. Snakebite prevention | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | p-value | W | p-value | W | p-value | W | p-value | W | p-value | W | p-value | W | p-value | W | p-value | |
| Younger and oldera (two tailed) | 1214.5 | 0.994 | 1200 | 0.914 | 428.5 | 0.877 | 1199.5 | 0.911 | 1284.5 | 0.035 | 1107 | 0.450 | 1461 | 0.076 | 1533 | 0.026 |
| Oldera > younger (one-tailed) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 1831.5 | 0.018 | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Younger > oldera (one-tailed) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 1533 | 0.013 |
| Male and female (two tailed) | 1620 | 0.001 | 1568 | <0.001 | 3679 | <0.001 | 3343.5 | <0.001 | 1152 | 1 | 2358 | 0.716 | 3171.5 | 0.002 | 2861 | 0.091 |
| Female > male (one-tailed) | 3276 | <0.001 | 3328 | <0.001 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Male > female (one-tailed) | x | x | x | x | 3679 | <0.001 | 3343.5 | <0.001 | x | x | x | x | 3171.5 | 0.001 | x | x |
| Farmer and student (two tailed) | 1022.5 | 0.114 | 1145 | 0.007 | 328 | <0.001 | 412 | <0.001 | 720 | 0.014 | 1086.5 | 0.030 | 346 | <0.001 | 324 | <0.001 |
| Farmer > student (one-tailed) | x | x | 1145 | 0.003 | x | x | x | x | x | x | 1086.5 | 0.015 | x | x | x | x |
| Student > farmer (one-tailed) | x | x | x | x | 1372 | <0.001 | 1288 | <0.001 | 980 | 0.007 | x | x | 1354 | <0.001 | 1376 | <0.001 |
| Farmer and teacher (two tailed) | 1543.5 | 0.002 | 1551.5 | 0.001 | 483.5 | <0.001 | 457 | <0.001 | 649.5 | <0.001 | 1632.5 | <0.001 | 380 | <0.001 | 483.5 | <0.001 |
| Farmer > teacher (one-tailed) | 1543.5 | 0.001 | 1551.5 | 0.001 | x | x | x | x | x | x | 1632.5 | <0.001 | x | x | x | x |
| Teacher > farmer (one-tailed) | x | x | x | x | 1766.5 | <0.001 | 1793 | <0.001 | 1600.5 | <0.001 | x | x | 1870 | <0.001 | 1766.5 | <0.001 |
| Teacher and student (two tailed) | 1000.5 | 0.019 | 836 | 0.482 | 696.5 | 0.496 | 641 | 0.217 | 520 | 0.004 | 912.5 | 0.143 | 787 | 0.819 | 673 | 0.353 |
| Students > teacher (one-tailed) | 1000.5 | 0.009 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Teacher > student (one-tailed) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 1010 | 0.002 | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Literate and illiterate (two tailed) | 2039.5 | 0.035 | 2420 | <0.001 | 660 | <0.001 | 887.5 | <0.001 | 1118 | 0.003 | 1883.5 | 0.185 | 610.5 | <0.001 | 750.5 | <0.001 |
| Illiterate > literate (one-tailed) | 2039.5 | 0.017 | 2420 | <0.001 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Literate > illiterate (one-tailed) | x | x | x | x | 2580 | <0.001 | 2352.5 | <0.001 | 2052 | 0.001 | x | x | 2629.5 | <0.001 | 2489.5 | <0.001 |
Symbols and abbreviation: a15–34 years old people are considered younger and 45–64 years as older people; VS venomous snakes (including mildly and highly venomous ones), NVS non-venomous snakes, null hypothesis (H0): population median score (M) hypothesised population score (M0 = 0) (i.e. H0: M = M0), alternative hypothesis.1 (Ha.1) population median score (M) ≠ hypothesised population score (M0), alternative hypothesis.2 (Ha.2) population median score (M) > hypothesised population score (M0), W value for two-tailed and one-tailed unpaired Wilcoxon rank sum test