Table 9.

Statistical test of significance on the average number of medicinal plants among different informant groups in Suro Barguda District

Considerations	Informant groups	N	Average ± SD	t value**	p value
Gender	Men	168	6.62 ± 2.65	1.97	p ≤ 0.97
	Women	28	6.05 ± 2.18
Age	Youngsters (< 40 years old)	112	5.16 ± 2.07	− 12.87	p ≤ 0.001*
	Elders (> 40 years old)	84	7.96 ± 2.19
Literacy	Illiterates’ participants	122	7.22 ± 2.31	12.92	p ≤ 0.001*
	Literates’ participants	74	4.28 ± 1.82
Proximity to the health center	Near to health center	32	6.00 ± 2.37	− 0.94	p ≤ 0.36
	Far away from the health center	164	6.5 ± 2.57
Informant category	Key informants	24	10.76 ± 1.09	25.75	p ≤ 0.001*
	Randomly taken informants	172	5.85 ± 2.04

Degree of freedom (df) = 223

N = number of respondents

*Significant difference (p < 0.05)

**t(0.05) (two-tailed)