Medicinal plants used by women from Agnalazaha littoral forest (Southeastern Madagascar)

Table 1 Demographic information of the ethnobotanical interviewees

		Number of people interviewed	Percentage of total	Utilize medicinal plants (#)	Percentage of total	Do not utilize medicinal plants (#)	Percentage of total
Gender	Females	301	60.44	280	93.02	21	6.98
	Men	197	39.56	171	86.8	26	13.2
Age group	[15-19]	35	7.03	16	45.73	19	54.27
	[20–29]	84	16.87	73	86.91	11	13.09
	[30–39]	111	22.29	105	94.59	6	5.41
	[40–49]	117	23.49	115	98.29	2	1.71
	[50–59]	104	20.88	100	96.15	4	3.85
	[60 +]	47	9.44	42	89.36	5	10.64
Level of	Illiterate	328	65.9	316	96.34	12	3.66
Education	Primary	143	28.7	118	82.52	25	17.48
	Secondary	24	4.8	16	66.53	8	33.47
	University	3	0.6	1	33.33	2	66.67
Marital status	Single	105	21.1	80	76.21	25	23.79
	married	384	77.1	368	95.83	16	4.17
	widowed	9	1.8	3	33.07	6	66.93
Household	<80,000	371	74.5	349	94.07	22	5.93
Education (monthly income in Ariary)	80,000-160,000	123	24.7	99	80.49	24	19.51
	>160,000	4	0.8	3	74.9	1	25.1

Comparison of age group, level of schooling, marital status and income level of the 498 interview respondents of Mahabo-Mananivo.

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