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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for key variables

From: Length of residence, age and patterns of medicinal plant knowledge and use among women in the urban Amazon

 

N

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Standard deviation

How often do you use medicinal plants? (1, never to 5, always)

152

1

5

3.70

1.265

Number of medicinal plants in the garden

153

0

8

2.31

2.718

Total number of plants named

153

0

18

7.22

3.777

Age

153

14

84

31.50

12.534

Place of birth (1 = Acre)

152

0

1

0.81

0.394

Number of years in urban areas

147

1

47

16.79

8.922

Number of years in a colonia

147

0

39

4.57

6.708

Number of years in seringal

148

0

44

9.79

11.156