Table 9 Factors influencing entomophagy practice in the study area
Variables | Levels | Respondents still practicing entomophagy (%) | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No (N = 100) | Yes (N = 379) | |||
Gender | Female | 38 (21.2) | 141 (78.8) | 0.92 |
Male | 62 (20.7) | 238 (79.3) | ||
Age group | Young | 26 (26.8) | 71 (73.2) | 0.21 |
Adult | 64 (18.8) | 276 (81.2) | ||
Older person | 10 (23.8) | 32 (76.2) | ||
Ethnic group | Adja | 0 (0) | 3 (100) | < 0.001 |
Bariba | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | ||
Cotimba | 6 (18.2) | 27 (81.8) | ||
Dendi | 33 (36.7) | 57 (63.3) | ||
Fon | 4 (12.1) | 29 (87.9) | ||
Ottamari | 16(8.84) | 165(91.16) | ||
Peulh | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | ||
Yom-Lokpa | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | ||
Yorouba | 40 (29.9) | 94(70.1) | ||
Religion | Animist | 14 (11.9) | 104 (88.2) | < 0.001 |
Christian | 39 (17.7) | 181 (82.3) | ||
Muslim | 47 (33.3) | 94 (66.7) | ||
Highest level of education | Illiterate | 55 (20.5) | 213 (79.5) | 0.54 |
Primary | 18 (18.4) | 80 (81.6) | ||
Secondary | 22 (22.5) | 76 (77.5) | ||
University | 5 (33.3) | 10 (66.7) | ||
Main sources of income for the family | Agriculture | 49 (21.2) | 182(78.8) | 0.98 |
Crafts | 20 (19.8) | 81 (80.2) | ||
Employee | 2 (25) | 6 (75) | ||
Trading | 29 (21.2) | 108 (78.8) | ||
None | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | ||
Market accessibility | Easy | 61 (57.5) | 45(42.5) | < 0.001 |
Difficult | 37 (11.5) | 284 (88.5) | ||
Very difficult | 2 (3.9) | 49 (96.1) | ||
No response | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | ||