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Table 8 Familiarity of Chitwan National Park buffer zone people with native venomous snakes

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

Demographics

a. Correct scores for knowing venomous snakes (CSV, n = 16); null hypothesis (H0): population median scores (M) = hypothesized median scores (M0 = 10); alternative hypothesis (Ha): M > M0)

b. Incorrect scores for claiming non-venomous (ISV, n = 12) snakes to be venomous; null hypothesis (H0): population median scores (M) = hypothesized median scores (M0 = 6), alternative hypothesis (Ha): M > M0)

Median, range

W (CSV)

p-value

Median, range

W (ISV)

p-value

All respondents

11,4–16

6237.5

<0.001

7,1–12

5756.5

<0.001

Age (years)

15–24

11,7–15

612.5

<0.001

7,2–12

449.5

0.013

25–34

10,4–16

86

0.181

5,2–11

121

0.431

35–44

10.5,4–16

422.5

0.142

7,2–11

386.5

0.011

45–54

12,6–14

136.5

0.048

7,1–10

115

0.214

55–64

12,4–15

95

0.084

7,1–10

80

0.132

65+above

11.5

22.5

0.285

9,3–11

30.5

0.045

Gender

Male

11,4–16

2567.5

0.070

6,1–11

2134.5

0.174

Female

12,4–16

754.5

<0.001

8,3–12

843.5

<0.001

Occupation

Farmer

12,6–16

878.5

<0.001

8,1–11

815.5

<0.001

Teacher

9,4–16

310.5

0.812

6,2–11

370.5

0.611

Student

7,7–15

349

0.008

6,2–11

231.5

0.259

Othera

12, 7–14

172

0.001

8,1–12

143

0.027

Educational status

Illiterate

12,6–16

256

0.006

9,3–11

369

<0.001

Literate

11,4–16

3667.5

0.004

6,1–12

3144

0.062

Class 10

12,4–15

301.5

0.012

7,1–12

245

0.039

Class 11–12

11,7–16

253.5

0.059

5,2–11

169.5

0.687

Master’s degree

10,4–16

98.5

0.730

6.5,2–11

157.5

0.280

Bachelor’s degree

10.5,7–15

137

0.117

6.5,3–10

106.5

0.177

Literate informallyb

12,7–14

42

0.074

7,1–11

28

0.276

  1. Symbols and abbreviation: ahotel owner, miller, fisherman, boat-man, mason, labourer, housewife, nature guide; brespondents able to read and write by informal education and never attained school; n number of snake species displayed, W value of one-tailed one-sample Wilcoxon signed rank test