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Table 5 Distribution of the quality of expertise among child 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 = 51)

Form

Function

One parent orphans (n = 26)

Paternal

50

50

Maternal

30

70

p-value

0.15 (ns)

0.28 (ns)

One parent orphans/no parent (n = 39)

Paternal/maternal

40

60

Double orphans

58

42

p-value

0.09 (ns)

0.05*

No parent/two parents (n = 25)

Double orphans

58

42

Non-orphans

22

78

p-value

0.05*

0.07 (ns)

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