Table 2.

Definition and summary statistics of dependent and control variables used in multiple regressions (n=484).

Variable	Description	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Dependent variable (n=484)
Plant Use knowledge	Total number of uses known for 20 plants randomly selected	22.75	6.89	7	47
Individual-level cultural change(n=484)
Detachment index	Total score from eight questions about cultural orientation (from 0 to 32, where lower numbers indicate more closeness to traditional Tsimane’ values)	13.54	6.37	0	31
Schooling	Maximum years of formal schooling (from 0 to 13)	2.06	2.74	0	13
Travel to town	Number of trips to the main town over the previous 12 months	17.05	21.26	0	288
Spanish fluency	Percentage of informants monolingual in Tsimane’	7.44		0	1
Village-level cultural change (n=47)
Cultural consensus	Village cultural consensus in ratings to the detachment index variable	1.69	0.66	1.02	4.13
Average cultural competence	Village average cultural competence	0.25	0.19	.001	0.71
Village-to-town distance	Linear distance (km) from the village to the closest market town	48.56	33.93	1.56	122.9
Control variables (n=484)
Age	Person’s age, in years	40.91	16.20	17	83
Rice sales	Bolivianos obtained from the sale of rice since last harvest (US$1=7.2Bs, average during the study period)	632	894	0	6000
Wage from loggers	Bolivianos earned by the subject from wage labor with loggers during the three months before the interview	93	314	0	3500
Household size	Number of people living in the household	5.93	2.73	1	17