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Table 4 Distribution of the quality of expertise among Adja farmers given the ratios of form and function of their aggregated index of expertise, and the Fisher exact test for the ratios.

From: From novice to expert: agroecological competences of children orphaned by AIDS compared to non-orphans in Benin

 

Descriptors a

(%)

Group of respondents

(N = 77)

Form

Function

Adults and children

Children

40

60

Adults

41

59

p-value

0.17 (ns)

0.13 (ns) b

Children (n = 51)

Orphans

45

55

Non-orphans

22

78

p-value

0.05*

0.05* (ns)

Adults (n = 26)

  

affected

45

55

non-affected

50

50

p-value

0.36 (ns)

0.08 (ns)

  1. a = Values represent weighted proportions of form and function in the indexes of expertise; b = Fisher exact significance, with * = p ≤ 0.05 and ns = not significant.