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

Pandey, Deb Prasad; Subedi Pandey, Gita; Devkota, Kamal; Goode, Matt

doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0092-0

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Table 14 Awareness of Chitwan National Park buffer zone people concerning belief on snakes and snakebite care

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

Demographics		a. Scores for awareness (rejecting traditional belief and medical help of doubtful use and accepting modern measures of pre-hospital care, n = 33); null hypothesis (H0): population median scores (M) = hypothesized median scores (M0 = 16), alternative hypothesis (Ha): M > M0(16)			b. Scores for unawareness (accepting traditional belief and medical help of doubtful use and rejecting modern measures of pre-hospital care, n = 33); null hypothesis (H0): population median scores (M) = hypothesized median scores (M0 = 8), alternative hypothesis (Ha): M > M0(8)
Demographics		Median, range	W (Aware)	p-value	Median, range	W (Unaware)	p-value
All respondents		19,3–31	6564.5	0.001	9,0–24	6628	<0.001
Age (years)	15–24	16,7–28	433.5	0.182	11,2–18	628	<0.001
	25–34	20.5,3–31	178	0.049	8,2–23	98.5	0.452
	35–44	19,4–30	394.5	0.260	8.5,2–12	470.5	0.132
	45–54	21,6–29	193.5	0.004	8,2–14	94	0.667
	55–64	21,9–27	111	0.014	10,3–24	114.5	0.037
	65 and above	9,3–25	8	0.930	9,0–17	19	0.223
Gender	Male	20,3–31	3769.5	<0.001	8,0–24	2698.5	0.039
Gender	Female	13.5,3–27	335.5	0.952	10,2–23	855.5	<0.001
Occupation	Farmer	12,3–28	435.5	0.975	9.5,0–24	873.5	0.005
	Teacher	22,14–30	898	<0.001	8,2–17	382	0.650
	Student	16,7–28	271	0.329	11,2–18	426.5	<0.001
	Other^a	21,5–31	142.5	0.029	9,2–22	126.5	0.216
Educational status	Illiterate	10,3–28	75	0.997	10,0–23	227.5	0.005
	Literate	20,5–31	4954	<0.001	9,2–24	3982	0.005
	Up to class 10	22,5–31	388	0.001	7,2–21	165.5	0.918
	Class 11 or 12	17,7–29	734	0.068	12,3–18	376.5	<0.001
	Master’s degree	22,16–30	325	<0.001	7,3–17	123	0.682
	Bachelor’s degree	21,13–28	220	<0.001	9,2–15	135.5	0.129
	Literate informally^b	12.5,7–26	25	0.620	12.5,4–24	48.5	0.018

Symbols and abbreviations: ^ahotel owner, miller, fisherman, boat–man, mason, labourer, housewife, nature guide; ^brespondents able to read and write by informal education but never attained school, n total number of awareness test questions, W value of one-tailed one-sample Wilcoxon signed rank test. Note: 1. Scores for unknown (to traditional belief, medical help of doubtful use and modern measures of pre-hospital care (median = 3.5, range = 0–30, p = <0.001); 2. Scores for not answered (any questions regarding traditional belief, medical help of doubtful use, and modern measures of pre-hospital care (item non–responses) (median = 0, range = 0–16, p = <0.001)

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