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Table 7 Number (n = absolute number, % = percentage) of alters who are relatives and non-relatives in personal networks of food and medicinal plant knowledge 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

Research areas

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

%

Relatives

28

67

45

73

63

48

136

58

15

71

18

47

29

44

62

50

1st degree

Grandparents

5

12

4

6

8

6

17

7

3

14

-

-

5

8

8

6

Parents/foster parents

11

26

12

19

15

12

38

16

7

33

10

26

11

17

28

22

Siblings/stepbrothers and stepsisters

5

12

6

10

10

8

21

9

2

10

2

5

-

-

4

3

Children

2

5

3

5

2

2

7

3

-

-

1

3

-

-

1

1

2nd degree

Aunts/uncles

-

-

6

10

13

10

19

8

3

14

1

3

2

3

6

5

Cousins

-

-

5

8

1

1

6

3

-

-

-

-

1

2

1

1

Nieces/nephews

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Parents-in-law

2

5

1

2

2

2

5

2

-

-

-

-

4

6

4

3

Spouses/brothers or sisters-in-law

3

7

3

5

7

5

13

6

-

-

3

8

1

2

4

3

Children-in-law

-

-

2

3

1

1

3

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Distant relatives

-

-

3

5

3

2

6

3

-

-

1

3

5

8

6

5

Non-relatives

14

33

17

27

67

52

98

42

6

29

20

53

37

56

63

50

Friends

8

19

11

18

15

1

34

15

4

19

7

18

16

24

27

22

Acquaintances

1

2

5

8

19

15

25

11

1

5

9

24

12

18

22

18

Work relationships

5

12

1

2

14

11

20

9

1

5

0

0

7

11

8

6

Neighbours

-

-

-

-

19

15

19

8

-

-

4

11

2

3

6

5

Total

42

100

62

100

130

100

234

100

21

100

38

100

66

100

125

100