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Table 1 Sampling and informant typology (older than 10 years old), according to number of participating individuals and households

From: Foodways in transition: food plants, diet and local perceptions of change in a Costa Rican Ngäbe community

 

Individuals

Households

Techniques used

(% of total)

(% of total)

(topics covered)

Key informants

15

13

Extensive freelists

(included within primary informants)

(7 %)

(15 %)

(food plants)

Focused interviews

(qualitative perceived changes in local production of key food plants)

Primary informants

38

13

Structured interviews

(incl. key informants)

(15.2 %)

(15 %)

(quantitative perceived changes in local production of key food plants)

Secondary informants

34

22

Group interviews

(13.6 %)

(26.5 %)

Unstructured interviews

(key food plants & qualitative perceived changes for both techniques)

Current sample

72

35

 

(28.8 %)

(41.5 %)

Total population in the study area

250

85

 

(100 %)

(100 %)