Table 5.

Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the TMPs in the selected medicine markets of Western Kenya.

Variables	Survey response: percentage (%), number (N) and means
1. Number of TMPs interviewed	27
2. Mean age of TMPs	64 years
3. Average years of practice of TMPs (experience)	25 years
4. Percentage of willing interviewees	54%
5. Sex:
Males	46%
Females	54%
6. Main category of traditional medicine clients	Reproductive age
7. Mean practising fee charged per day in KES.	KES. 30.00
8. Percentage awareness of existing laws and policies on TM	27%
9. TMPs recognized/registered by the Department of Culture	15%
10. Average monthly earnings	KES. 14, 269.00
11. TMPs with extra income-generating activities: selling calabash, bead, sweets, cigarettes, honey, tobacco powder for sniffing, imported and packaged herbal products, crop and livestock farming	35%