Use and management of traditional medicinal plants by Maale and Ari ethnic communities in southern Ethiopia

Table 6 Socio-demographic and site factors prediction on the number of medicinal plant knowledge

	Unstandardized		Standardized
	Beta coefficient	Std. error	Beta coefficient	p-value
R² = 74.2
Constant	3.831	0.443
Age	0.016	0.006	0.198	0.014*
Gender	-0.819	0.149	-0.419	0.000*
Educational level	0.266	0.167	0.135	0.117
Family size	-0.041	0.025	-0.122	0.101
Site (Ari 1)	-1.485	0.185	-0.716	0.000*
Site (Ari 2)	-1.905	0.189	-0.918	0.000*
Religion (Protestant Christian)	0.136	0.178	0.068	0.449
Religion (Orthodox Christian)	0.190	0.199	0.093	0.343

Sites are compared against Maale site. Religion is compared against traditional religion. Variables with a significant influence (P<0.05) are marked with*.

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