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Table 5 Attitudes to and awareness of native snakes in Chitwan National Park buffer zone people

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

Demographics

a. Scores gained for attitude test

b. Scores gained for awareness test

i. Positive attitude

ii. Negative attitude

iii. Ambivalent attitude

i. Awareness

ii. Unawareness

W

p-value

W

p-value

W

p-value

W

p-value

W

p-value

Younger & oldera (Ha.1)

1168.5

0.743

1137.5

0.581

954.5

0.061

948

0.064

1390

0.229

Male & female (Ha.1)

2755

0.213

1836.5

0.012

2929

0.045

3447

<0.001

1876.5

0.021

Female > male (Ha.2)

x

x

3059.5

0.006

x

x

x

x

3019.5

0.011

Male > female (Ha.2)

x

x

x

x

2929

0.022

3447

<0.001

x

x

Farmer & student (Ha.1)

582.5

0.014

1182

0.002

824

0.808

623.5

0.039

795

0.618

Student > farmer (Ha.2)

1117.5

0.007

518

0.002

x

x

1076.5

0.020

x

x

Farmer & teacher (Ha.1)

793.5

0.013

1557.5

0.001

1019.5

0.418

412

<0.001

1410

0.033

Teacher > farmer (Ha.2)

1456.5

0.006

x

x

x

x

1838

<0.001

x

x

Farmer > teacher (Ha.2)

x

x

1557.5

0.001

x

x

x

x

1410

0.017

Teacher & student (Ha.1)

711.5

0.595

777.5

0.902

711.5

0.585

289.5

<0.001

1098.5

0.001

Teacher > student (Ha.2)

x

x

x

x

x

x

1240.5

<0.001

x

x

Student > teacher (Ha.2)

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

1098.5

<0.001

Literate & illiterate (Ha.1)

2128

0.011

1244

0.055

1798.5

0.356

2550

<0.001

1276

0.085

Literate > illiterate (Ha.2)

2128

0.005

x

x

x

x

2550

<0.001

x

x

Illiterate > literate (Ha.2)

x

x

1996

0.028

x

x

x

x

x

x

  1. Symbols and abbreviations: a15–34 years old people are considered young and 45–64 year respondents as older; null hypothesis (H0): population median score (M) hypothesised population score (M0 = 0), 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 one- and two-tailed unpaired Wilcoxon rank sum test