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Table 1 Participant demographics (n = 116)

From: Herbal remedy knowledge acquisition and transmission among the Yucatec Maya in Tabi, Mexico: a cross-sectional study

Variable [Unit]

Value

Age in years [Mean (SD)]

46.4 (17.2)

Gender [Percent]

 

Male

45.7

Female

54.3

Literate in Spanish [Percent]

 

Yes

69.8

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

Places of residence [Percent]

 

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]

 

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