Table 12 Knowledge of Chitwan National Park buffer zone people about the need of snake conservation and preventive measures against snakebites
Demographics | a. Scores for logics explaining the need of snake conservation (cons., n = 5); null hypothesis (H0): population median scores (M) = hypothesized median scores (M0 = 1), alternative hypothesis (Ha): M > M0 | b. Scores for appropriate preventive measures mentioned (prev., n = 10); null hypothesis (H0): population median scores (M) = hypothesized median scores (M0 = 2), alternative hypothesis (Ha): M > M0 | |||||
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Median, range | W (cons.) | p-value | Median, range | W (prev.) | p-value | ||
All respondents | 1,0–4 | 2064 | 0.626 | 2,0–9 | 3678.5 | 0.210 | |
Age (years) | 15–24 | 1,0–4 | 251.5 | 0.055 | 2.5,0–7 | 398 | 0.005 |
25–34 | 1.5,0–4 | 103.5 | 0.028 | 2.5,0–6 | 107.5 | 0.170 | |
35–44 | 1,0–3 | 66.5 | 0.904 | 2,0–9 | 225 | 0.568 | |
45–54 | 1,0–3 | 24 | 0.909 | 1,0–7 | 51 | 0.824 | |
55–64 | 1,0–4 | 27.5 | 0.720 | 2,0–4 | 49 | 0.602 | |
65+above | 0,0–2 | 3.5 | 0.960 | 0,0–2 | 0 | 0 | |
Gender | Male | 1,0–4 | 1042 | 0.099 | 2,0–9 | 1935 | 0.062 |
Female | 0,0–3 | 158 | 0.992 | 2,0–4 | 264 | 0.872 | |
Occupation | Farmer | 0,0–2 | 80 | 1 | 1,0–6 | 169 | 1 |
Teacher | 1,0–4 | 199 | 0.001 | 2,0–9 | 338.5 | 0.004 | |
Student | 1,0–4 | 162 | 0.013 | 3,0–7 | 317.5 | 0.001 | |
Othera | 1,0–2 | 0 | 0 | 2,0–7 | 78 | 0.481 | |
Education status | Illiterate | 0,0–2 | 0 | 0 | 0,0–6 | 55 | 0.999 |
Literate | 1,0–4 | 1423 | 0.028 | 2,0–9 | 2675 | 0.002 | |
Class 10 | 0,0–4 | 0 | 0 | 1,0–5 | 144.5 | 0.797 | |
Class 11 or 12 | 1,0–4 | 150.5 | 0.037 | 3,1–7 | 295 | <0.001 | |
Master’s degree | 1,0–4 | 69 | 0.008 | 2,0–9 | 89.5 | 0.009 | |
Bachelor’s degree | 1,0–4 | 57 | 0.015 | 2,0–6 | 77.5 | 0.317 | |
Literate informallyb | 1,0–2 | 0 | 0 | 1,0–7 | 14.5 | 0.717 | |