Variable [Unit] | Value |
---|---|
Age in years [Mean (SD)] | 46.4 (17.2) |
Gender [Percent] | Â |
Male | 45.7 |
Female | 54.3 |
Literate in Spanish [Percent] | Â |
Yes | 69.8 |
No | 30.2 |
Education [Percent] | Â |
No formal schooling | 15.5 |
Completed grades 1-3 | 46.5 |
Completed grades 4-6 | 31.1 |
Completed grades 7-9 | 6.8 |
Religion [Percent] | Â |
Agnostic/Atheist | 20.7 |
Catholic | 45.7 |
Protestant | 33.6 |
Livelihood [Percent] | Â |
Homemaker | 54.3 |
Full-Time Subsistence Farmers | 31.9 |
Subsistence Farmers and Temporary Wage Laborers | 12.1 |
Full-Time Wage laborers | 1.7 |
Places of residence [Percent] | Â |
Only Tabi | 81 |
Other regional small towns | 6 |
Regional cities (Merida or Cancun) | 13 |
Farthest Distance Travelled in Kilometers as the Crow Flies [Mean (SD)] | 254.5 (570.9) |
Relative lifestyle scale [Percent] | Â |
0 (Very traditional lifestyle) | 1.7 |
1 | 3.4 |
2 | 26.7 |
3 | 22.4 |
4 | 24.1 |
5 | 19.8 |
6 (Very modern lifestyle) | 1.7 |
Relative economic prosperity scale [Percent] | Â |
1 (Very low relative economic prosperity) | 8.6 |
2 | 31.9 |
3 | 34.5 |
4 | 20.7 |
5 (Very high relative economic prosperity) | 4.3 |
Interest in medicinal plants [Percent] | Â |
Very interested and interested | 93.9 |
Neutral | 0.9 |
Very uninterested and uninterested | 5.2 |
Used most to treat common illness [Percent] | Â |
Medicinal Plants | 69 |
Pharmaceuticals | 30.2 |
God’s Will | 0.9 |
General course of action for common illness [Percent] | Â |
Treat the illness at home | 66.4 |
Visit a family member or acquaintance to treat the illness | 3.4 |
Visit a traditional healer to treat the illness | 0.9 |
Visit a conventional medical doctor to treat the illness | 28.4 |
Have faith in God’s will | 0.9 |