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Table 10 Familiarity of Chitwan National Park buffer zone people with native snakes, their knowledge about snake conservation and prevention of their bites

From: Public perceptions of snakes and snakebite management: implications for conservation and human health in southern Nepal

Group of people

a. Knowing VS

b. Claim of NVSasVS

c. Knowing NVS

d. Claim of VSasNVS

e. Knowing English name

f. Knowing local name

g. Snake conservation

h. Snakebite prevention

W

p-value

W

p-value

W

p-value

W

p-value

W

p-value

W

p-value

W

p-value

W

p-value

Younger and oldera (two tailed)

1214.5

0.994

1200

0.914

428.5

0.877

1199.5

0.911

1284.5

0.035

1107

0.450

1461

0.076

1533

0.026

Oldera > younger (one-tailed)

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

1831.5

0.018

x

x

x

x

x

x

Younger > oldera (one-tailed)

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

1533

0.013

Male and female (two tailed)

1620

0.001

1568

<0.001

3679

<0.001

3343.5

<0.001

1152

1

2358

0.716

3171.5

0.002

2861

0.091

Female > male (one-tailed)

3276

<0.001

3328

<0.001

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Male > female (one-tailed)

x

x

x

x

3679

<0.001

3343.5

<0.001

x

x

x

x

3171.5

0.001

x

x

Farmer and student (two tailed)

1022.5

0.114

1145

0.007

328

<0.001

412

<0.001

720

0.014

1086.5

0.030

346

<0.001

324

<0.001

Farmer > student (one-tailed)

x

x

1145

0.003

x

x

x

x

x

x

1086.5

0.015

x

x

x

x

Student > farmer (one-tailed)

x

x

x

x

1372

<0.001

1288

<0.001

980

0.007

x

x

1354

<0.001

1376

<0.001

Farmer and teacher (two tailed)

1543.5

0.002

1551.5

0.001

483.5

<0.001

457

<0.001

649.5

<0.001

1632.5

<0.001

380

<0.001

483.5

<0.001

Farmer > teacher (one-tailed)

1543.5

0.001

1551.5

0.001

x

x

x

x

x

x

1632.5

<0.001

x

x

x

x

Teacher > farmer (one-tailed)

x

x

x

x

1766.5

<0.001

1793

<0.001

1600.5

<0.001

x

x

1870

<0.001

1766.5

<0.001

Teacher and student (two tailed)

1000.5

0.019

836

0.482

696.5

0.496

641

0.217

520

0.004

912.5

0.143

787

0.819

673

0.353

Students > teacher (one-tailed)

1000.5

0.009

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Teacher > student (one-tailed)

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

1010

0.002

x

x

x

x

x

x

Literate and illiterate (two tailed)

2039.5

0.035

2420

<0.001

660

<0.001

887.5

<0.001

1118

0.003

1883.5

0.185

610.5

<0.001

750.5

<0.001

Illiterate > literate (one-tailed)

2039.5

0.017

2420

<0.001

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Literate > illiterate (one-tailed)

x

x

x

x

2580

<0.001

2352.5

<0.001

2052

0.001

x

x

2629.5

<0.001

2489.5

<0.001

  1. Symbols and abbreviation: a15–34 years old people are considered younger and 45–64 years as older people; VS venomous snakes (including mildly and highly venomous ones), NVS non-venomous snakes, null hypothesis (H0): population median score (M) hypothesised population score (M0 = 0) (i.e. H0: M = M0), alternative hypothesis.1 (Ha.1) population median score (M) ≠ hypothesised population score (M0), alternative hypothesis.2 (Ha.2) population median score (M) > hypothesised population score (M0), W value for two-tailed and one-tailed unpaired Wilcoxon rank sum test