Insect repellent plants traditional usage practices in the Ethiopian malaria epidemic-prone setting: an ethnobotanical survey

Table 4 Knowledge and usage custom of insect/mosquito repellent plants in relation with gender, age and monthly income of the respondents

Variables	Number of respondents	Knowledge on insect repellent plants		P- value	Insect repellent usage practices		P- value
Variables	Number of respondents	Yes (n = 217)	No (n = 92)	P- value	Yes (n = 199)	No (n = 18)	P- value
Gender				P - 0.0209*			P - 0.4420
Female	201	150	51	χ² =5.326	139	11	χ² = 0.591
Male	108	67	41	df = 1	60	07	df = 1
Age (Years)
18-30	107	76	31	P - 0.9979	69	07	P - 0.8799
31-40	104	72	32	χ² = 0.13	67	05	χ² = 1.189
41-50	46	32	14	df = 4	29	03	df = 4
51-60	11	08	03		8	00
>60	41	29	12		26	03
Average monthly income [Ethiopian Birr (1 USD = 19.7 Eth Birr]
<200	25	18	07	P - 0.0226*	16	02	P - 0.9912
201-400	148	111	37	χ² = 11.375	102	09	χ² = 0.277
401-600	42	29	13	df = 4	27	02	df = 4
601-800	68	48	20		44	04
>801	26	11	15		10	01

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