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Age in years [Mean (SD)]
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46.4 (17.2)
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Gender [Percent]
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|
Male
|
45.7
|
|
Female
|
54.3
|
|
Literate in Spanish [Percent]
| |
|
Yes
|
69.8
|
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No
|
30.2
|
|
Education [Percent]
| |
|
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]
| |
|
Agnostic/Atheist
|
20.7
|
|
Catholic
|
45.7
|
|
Protestant
|
33.6
|
|
Livelihood [Percent]
| |
|
Homemaker
|
54.3
|
|
Full-Time Subsistence Farmers
|
31.9
|
|
Subsistence Farmers and Temporary Wage Laborers
|
12.1
|
|
Full-Time Wage laborers
|
1.7
|
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Places of residence [Percent]
| |
|
Only Tabi
|
81
|
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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)
|
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Relative lifestyle scale [Percent]
| |
|
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]
| |
|
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]
| |
|
Very interested and interested
|
93.9
|
|
Neutral
|
0.9
|
|
Very uninterested and uninterested
|
5.2
|
|
Used most to treat common illness [Percent]
| |
|
Medicinal Plants
|
69
|
|
Pharmaceuticals
|
30.2
|
|
God’s Will
|
0.9
|
|
General course of action for common illness [Percent]
| |
|
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
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