Table 1.
Results of statistical analyses (t-test) of women’s and men’s knowledge of medicinal plants from the knowledge survey
| Variables | Definition | Total | Women (n) | Women | Men (n) | Men | p-value | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of plants known | No. of plants with a medicinal use (from 0 to 16) | 7.61 (2.21) | 63 | 7.95(2.98) | 58 | 7.25(2.83) | 0.09* | |||||||||
| Number of different illness (uses) | No. of different illnesses treated with the selected plants | 7.42(2.95) | 63 | 7.92(2.93) | 58 | 6.87(2.90) | 0.02** | |||||||||
| Average number of uses | Average no. of uses known per medicinal plant recognized | 0.81(0.39) | 63 | 0.87(0.40) | 58 | 0.74(0.38) | 0.03** | |||||||||
| By age groups | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of plants known | <25 | 6.26(2.13) | 19 | 6.78(2.27) | 15 | 5.6(1.80) | 0.05* | |||||||||
| >25<50 | 8.12(2.87) | 33 | 8.39(2.88) | 32 | 7.84(2.87) | 0.22 | ||||||||||
| >50 | 8.23(3.50) | 11 | 8.64(3.93) | 11 | 7.82(3.16) | 0.30 | ||||||||||
| Number of different illness (uses) | <25 | 6.35(2.37) | 19 | 6.89(2.40) | 15 | 5.67(2.22) | 0.07 | |||||||||
| >25<50 | 7.94(3.09) | 33 | 8.24(3.16) | 32 | 7.63(3.03) | 0.21 | ||||||||||
| >50 | 7.55(3.04) | 11 | 8.73(2.80) | 11 | 6.36(2.91) | 0.03** | ||||||||||
| Average number of uses | <25 | 0.65(0.36) | 19 | 0.74(0.39) | 15 | 0.54(0.28) | 0.05** | |||||||||
| >25<50 | 0.86(0.40) | 33 | 0.89(0.41) | 32 | 0.83(0.40) | 0.26 | ||||||||||
| >50 | 0.90(0.38) | 11 | 1.03(0.36) | 11 | 0.78(0.37) | 0.06 | ||||||||||