Table 1.
Demographic information of the Informants.
Variable | Categories | No. of informants N = 130 | Percentage (%) |
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Gender | Male | 105 | 80.77 |
Female (Dayiahs/midwives) | 25 | 19.23 | |
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Informant category | Traditional healers | 90 | 69.23 |
Indigenous people | 40 | 30.77 | |
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Occupation | Herbalists | 76 | 58.46 |
Housewives | 25 | 19.23 | |
Professional | 29 | 22.31 | |
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Age | 35–50 | 15 | 11.54 |
50–65 | 53 | 40.77 | |
Above 65 | 62 | 47.69 | |
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Education level | Illiterate | 53 | 40.77 |
Primary level | 34 | 26.15 | |
Middle level | 15 | 11.54 | |
Secondary level | 12 | 09.23 | |
Undergraduate (Hakims) | 9 | 06.92 | |
Graduate (Hakims) | 7 | 05.38 |