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Table 4 Number (n = absolute number of informants interviewed, % = percentage of informants interviewed) of several variables of alters in personal networks of the two domains of food and medicinal plants in Australia, Brazil and Peru

From: Personal networks: a tool for gaining insight into the transmission of knowledge about food and medicinal plants among Tyrolean (Austrian) migrants in Australia, Brazil and Peru

Domain

Food

Medicinal plants

Areas of research

Australia

Brazil

Peru

Sum

Australia

Brazil

Peru

Sum

(n = 13)

(n = 8)

(n = 9)

(n = 30)

(n = 11)

(n = 7)

(n = 8)

(n = 26)

Number/percentage (n/%)

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Alter’s sex

Male

13

31

8

13

44

35

67

29

4

19

13

46

35

56

52

43

Female

29

69

54

87

82

65

167

71

17

81

25

89

28

44

70

57

Alter’s age

<20

-

-

1

2

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

1

1

20-29

-

-

10

16

6

5

16

7

-

-

-

-

2

3

2

2

30-49

8

19

12

19

23

18

43

18

3

14

1

3

11

17

15

12

50-69

10

24

24

39

43

33

77

33

1

5

12

32

8

13

21

17

= > 70

9

21

9

15

17

13

35

15

5

24

7

18

10

16

22

18

dead

15

36

6

10

41

32

62

27

12

57

18

47

31

49

61

50

Alter’s age in relation to ego’s

younger than ego

3

11

11

20

28

32

43

24

-

-

4

20

6

19

10

16

same age

11

41

19

34

39

44

69

39

5

56

8

40

14

44

27

44

older than ego

13

48

26

46

22

25

66

37

4

44

8

40

12

38

24

39

Role of alters

relatives

28

67

45

73

63

48

136

58

15

71

18

47

29

44

62

50

non-relatives

14

33

17

27

67

52

98

42

6

29

20

53

37

56

63

50

Type of alter

individuals

42

39

62

69

126

91

234

70

21

49

38

76

63

71

122

67

household

-

-

-

-

4

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

3

3

2

print media

28

26

14

16

2

1

44

13

13

30

8

16

18

20

39

21

books

23

21

8

9

2

1

33

10

12

28

6

12

15

17

33

18

journals

4

4

3

3

-

-

7

2

1

2

1

2

2

2

4

2

magazines

1

1

3

3

-

-

4

1

-

-

1

2

1

1

2

1

audiovisual

19

18

11

12

4

3

34

10

2

5

1

2

1

1

4

2

internet

7

7

4

4

-

-

11

3

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

1

TV

12

11

5

6

3

2

20

6

2

5

1

2

-

-

3

2

radio/podcast

-

-

2

2

1

1

3

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

organisations/institutions

18

17

3

3

2

1

23

7

7

16

3

6

4

4

14

8

educational institutions

6

6

1

1

2

1

9

3

3

7

-

-

3

3

6

3

hotels, restaurants

12

11

2

2

-

-

14

4

3

7

-

-

-

-

3

2

ritual meeting

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

1

individuals

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

3

6

-

-

4

2

clubs

 

Total

107

100

90

100

138

100

335

100

43

100

50

100

89

100

182

100