Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of informants representing ethnic communities in east and south of the Great Rift Valley Floristic regions, Ethiopia.
| Total Informant | Oromo (N = 140) | Somali (N = 32) | Afar (N = 24) | Harari (N = 14) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 97 (69.3%) | 25 (78.1%) | 19 (79.2%) | 11 (78.6%) |
| Women | 43 (30.7%) | 7 (21.9%) | 5 (20.8%) | 3 (21.4%) |
| RI | ||||
| Men | 60 | 16 | 14 | 8 |
| Women | 33 | 5 |
4 | 2 |
| TH/key informants | ||||
| Men | 37 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| Women | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Age categories∗ | ||||
| 25–40 | 50 (32.8 ± 5.3) | 9 (31.1 ± 5.5) | 4 (30.3 ± 4.0) | 4 (32.6 ± 4.1) |
| 41–60 | 65 (51.7 ± 5.8) | 20 (50.3 ± 6.8) | 15 (51.9 ± 5.9) | 8 (51.1 ± 6.0) |
| above 60 | 25 (70.1 ± 6.4) | 3 (76.0 ± 5.7) | 5 (74.5 ± 6.6) | 2 (72.0 ± 5.2) |
| Occupation | ||||
| Farmers | 104 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Agro-pastoralist | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Pastoralist | 18 | 26 | 22 | 0 |
| Others | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
∗
Number of informants = N (mean age ±standard deviation) for each age categories; RI = random informants, TH = traditional healers.