Table 5 Size of personal networks and ties in food and medicinal plant knowledge in all areas of investigation
|  | Country | Australia (n = 13) | Brazil (n = 8) | Peru (n = 9) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Food | Â | Med | Min | Max | SD | Med | Min | Max | SD | Med | Min | Max | SD |
Size of personal network* (degree ego) | 8 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 33 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 28 | 9 | |
Ties in personal networks | 9 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 79 | 10 | 472 | 159 | 72 | 6 | 168 | 53 | |
Size of personal network of individual alters* | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 8 | |
Ties in personal networks of individuals | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 52 | 6 | 319 | 108 | 71 | 4 | 168 | 53 | |
Medicinal plants | Size of personal network* (degree ego) | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 5 |
Ties in personal networks | 5 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 7 | 35 | 5 | 78 | 24 | |
Size of personal network of individual alters* | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 3 | |
Ties in personal networks of individuals | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 66 | 21 | |