Table 11 Familiarity of Chitwan National Park buffer zone people with names of native snakes (n = 28)
Demographics | a. Knowing snakes by their English name (KEN); null hypothesis (H0): population median scores (M) = hypothesized median scores (M0 = 1); alternative hypothesis (Ha): M > M0 | b. Knowing snakes by their local name (KLN); null hypothesis (H0): population median scores (M) = hypothesized median scores (M0 = 5), alternative hypothesis (Ha): M > M0 | |||||
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Median, range | W (KEN) | p-value | Median, range | W (KLN) | p-value | ||
All respondents | 0,0–12 | 2888 | 1 | 6,0–14 | 5625 | 0.004 | |
Age (years) | 15–24 | 0,0–2 | 82 | 1 | 5,1–11 | 414.5 | 0.171 |
25–34 | 0,0–7 | 91.5 | 0.891 | 5,0–11 | 91.5 | 0.405 | |
35–44 | 0,0–8 | 236 | 0.990 | 6,2–11 | 508.5 | 0.009 | |
45–54 | 0,0–12 | 93 | 0.376 | 7,1–14 | 150 | 0.003 | |
55–64 | 0,0–4 | 42.5 | 0.965 | 5,1–7 | 39 | 0.892 | |
65+ above | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,3–7 | 16 | 0.641 | |
Gender | Male | 0,0–12 | 1780.5 | 0.985 | 7,5–11 | 2582 | 0.026 |
Female | 0,0–3 | 0 | 0 | 6,0–11 | 597.5 | 0.033 | |
Occupation | Farmer | 0,0–3 | 0 | 0 | 6,0–11 | 824 | <0.001 |
Teacher | 0,0–6 | 558.5 | 0.142 | 4,1–9 | 253.5 | 0.974 | |
Student | 0,0–2 | 66 | 1 | 5,1–11 | 239.5 | 0.319 | |
Othera | 0,0–12 | 0 | 0 | 7,1–14 | 203 | 0.001 | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,0–11 | 257.5 | 0.005 |
Literate | 0,0–12 | 2243 | 0.999 | 5,1–14 | 3277.5 | 0.056 | |
Up to class 10 | 0,0–12 | 0 | 0 | 6,1–14 | 298.5 | 0.001 | |
Class 11 to 12 | 0,0–2 | 56 | 1 | 4,1–9 | 174 | 0.751 | |
Master’s degree | 1,0–6 | 240.5 | 0.046 | 4,1–9 | 90.5 | 0.930 | |
Bachelor’s degree | 0,0–3 | 83 | 0.939 | 5,1–11 | 116 | 0.203 | |
Literate informallyb | 0,0–8 | 0 | 0 | 7.5,3–10 | 42 | 0.012 | |