Table 1.
Sociodemographic variables.
| Descriptive Variables n = 732 |
Total | Kayes n = 197 |
Koulikoro n = 209 |
Sikasso n = 326 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men, n (%) (n = 714) | 537 (75.2) | 137 (69.9) | 166 (81.4) | 234 (74.5) | n.s. |
| Mean age (± SD, median) (n = 730) | 54.5 (±14.0, 56.0) | 54.6 (±13.9, 56) | 57.6 (±13.1, 59) | 52.5 (±14.3, 53) | <0.001 |
| Religion, n (%) (n = 717) | <0.001 | ||||
| Christian | 12 (1.7) | 1 (0.5) | 8 (4.1) | 3 (0.9) | |
| Muslim | 695 (96.9) | 195 (99.5) | 185 (94.9) | 115 (96.6) | |
| Animist | 8 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (2.5) | |
| Others | 2 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.0) | 0 (0) | |
| Malian nationality, n (%) (n = 719) | 719 (100.0) | ||||
| * Education, n (%) (n = 703) | n.s. | ||||
| No education | 466 (66.3) | 132 (70.2) | 129 (65.5) | 205 (84.5) | |
| Primary | 123 (17.5) | 31 (16.5) | 34 (17.3) | 58 (18.2) | |
| Secondary | 74 (10.5) | 17 (9.0) | 22 (11.2) | 35 (11.0) | |
| Superior | 39 (5.5) | 8 (4.3) | 11 (5.6) | 20 (6.3) | |
| Other | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | |
| Specialty, n (%) (n = 732) | |||||
| Herbalist | 13 (1.8) | 1 (0.5) | 7 (3.3) | 5 (1.5) | |
| Healer | 111(15.2) | 0 (0) | 16 (7.7) | 95 (29.1) | |
| Bonesetter | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Spiritualist | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | |
| Other | 3 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (0.6) | |
| Herbalist and healer | 547 (74.8) | 166 (84.3) | 162 (77.5) | 219 (67.2) | |
| Herbalist and spiritualist | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | |
| Herbalist, healer and bonesetter | 12 (1.6) | 11 (5.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | |
| Herbalist, healer and spiritualist | 33 (4.5) | 16 (8.1) | 14 (6.7) | 3 (0.9) | |
| Other combinations | 10 (1.4) | 2 (1.0) | 8 (3.8) | 0 (0) | |
| Other profession, n (%) (n =7 32) | |||||
| Agriculture | 282 (50.9) | 78 (39.6) | 98 (46.9) | 106 (32.5) | |
| Housekeeping | 58 (7.9) | 20 (10.1) | 17 (8.1) | 21 (6.4) | |
| Merchant | 47 (6.4) | 18 (9.1) | 11 (5.3) | 18 (5.5) | |
| Hunter | 20 (2.7) | 6 (3.0) | 8 (3.8) | 6 (1.9) | |
| No other profession | 178 (24.3) | 32 (16.2) | 33 (15.8) | 113 (34.7) | |
| Other | 147 (20.1) | 43 (21.8) | 42 (20.1) | 62 (19.0) | |
| Training in traditional medicine, n (%) (n = 732) | |||||
| Personal master/teacher | 249 (34.0) | 44 (22.3) | 46 (22.0) | 159 (48.8) | |
| Mystical choice | 14 (1.9) | 8 (4.1) | 2 (1.0) | 4 (1.2) | |
| Revealed | 8 (1.1) | 2 (1.0) | 4 (1.9) | 2 (1.6) | |
| Heredity | 340 (46.5) | 111 (56.4) | 103 (49.3) | 126 (38.7) | |
| Other | 5 (0.7) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (1.0) | 2 (0.6) | |
| Combination of the above | 116 (15.8) | 31 (16.2) | 52 (25.0) | 33 (10.1) |
SD: Standard Deviation; n. s.: Not significant; * Level of education: Primary = 7–12 years; secondary = 13–15 years; superior = from 16 years—Mandatory education is up to 15 years.