Table 13.
Chitwan National Park buffer zone people responding to misbeliefs on snakes, traditional and modern care of snakebites
| General responses | Median, range | W (resp) | p-value | Median a | Median % | LAb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. All respondents’ responses (n = 33, see Table 15) | Aware (not believing on misbelief but believing on recommended care), H0 (A): M = M0 (72), Ha (A): M > M0 (72) | 82,4–142 | 335 | 0.045 | 72 | 48 | MA | |
| Unaware (believing on misbelief but not believing on recommended care), H0 (UA): M = M0 (32), Ha (UA): M > M0 (32) | 40,2–141 | 362.5 | 0.033 | 32 | 21 | |||
| Unknown to both traditional and modern information, H0 (Uk): M = M0 (17), Ha (Uk): M > M0 (17) | 24,1–61 | 362 | 0.034 | 17 | 11 | |||
| Not answered to both traditional and modern information (i.e. item nonresponses), H0 (NA): M = M0 (1), Ha (NA): M > M0 (1) | 2,0–11 | 417.5 | 0.002 | 1 | 1 | |||
| b. Categorical responses | n = 28, see Table 15.a–c | Aware (not believing misbelief on snakes and snakebite care), H0 (A28): M = M0 (67), Ha (A28): M > M0 (67) | 75,4–142 | 280.5 | 0.040 | 67 | 45 | MA |
| Unaware (believing on misbelief on snakes and snakebite care), H0 (UA28): M = M0 (35), Ha (UA28): M > M0 (35) | 43,2–141 | 278 | 0.045 | 35 | 23 | |||
| n = 13, see Table 15.a | Aware (not believing misbelief on snakes), H0 (A13): M = M0 (62), Ha (A13): M > M0 (62) | 72,39–142 | 62.5 | 0.036 | 62 | 41 | MA | |
| Unaware (believing misbelief on snakes), H0 (UA13): M = M0 (28), Ha (UA13): M > M0 (28); | 43,2–82 | 71.5 | 0.037 | 28 | 19 | |||
| n = 15, see Table 15. b,c | Aware (not believing on traditional and doubtful pre–hospital care of snakebite), H0 (A15): M = M0 (60), Ha (A15): M > M0 (60) | 76,4–128 | 90.5 | 0.044 | 60 | 40 | MA | |
| Unaware (believing on traditional and doubtful pre–hospital care of snakebite), H0 (UA15): M = M0 (33), Ha (UA15): M > M0 (33) | 43,18–141 | 91.5 | 0.039 | 33 | 22 | |||
| pre–hospital care (n = 5, see Table 15.d) | Aware (believing the recommended pre–hospital care of snakebite), H0 (A5): M = M0 (76), Ha (A5): M > M0 (76) | 125,77–142 | 15 | 0.031 | 76 | 51 | A | |
| Unaware (not believing on recommended pre–hospital care of snakebite), H0 (UA5): M = M0 (1), Ha (UA5): M > M0 (1) | 22,2–47 | 15 | 0.031 | 1 | 1 | |||
Symbols and abbreviations: amedian significantly greater than (after hypothesis test), blevel of awareness, % percent, W(resp) one-tailed one-sampled Wilcoxon value of respondents who responded particular belief on snakes and/or care of snakebites, H0 null hypothesis, Ha alternative hypothesis, M population median, M0 hypothesized median (parenthesis contains figure of hypothesized median), UA unaware (0–24 %), MA slightly aware (25–49 %), A aware (50–74 %), Uk Unknown, NA Not answered, resp respondents