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

Table 9 Familiarity of Chitwan National Park buffer zone people with native non-venomous snakes

Demographics		a. Correct scores for knowing non-venomous snakes (CSN, n = 12); null hypothesis (H0): median scores (M) = hypothesized median scores (M0 = 3), alternative hypothesis (Ha): M > M0			b. Incorrect scores of claiming venomous snakes (n = 16) to be non-venomous (ISN); null hypothesis (H0): population median scores (M) = hypothesized median scores (M0 = 3); alternative hypothesis (Ha): M > M0
Demographics		Median, range	W (CSN)	p-value	Median, range	W (ISN)	p-value
All respondents		3,0–11	5303.5	0.001	4,0–11	5354	0.001
Age	15–24	2,1–7	172	0.998	4,1–9	580	0.001
	25–34	3.5,0–10	132	0.022	4,0–9	121	0.018
	35–44	2.5,0–10	314	0.510	3,0–10	318.5	0.038
	45–54	4,1–11	130	0.006	4,2–8	128	0.001
	55–64	4,1–9	76.5	0.177	3,1–11	52.5	0.151
	65+above	1.5,0–5	8	0.932	2,1–3	0	0.994
Gender	Male	4,0–11	3148	<0.001	4,0 –11	3045	<0.001
Gender	Female	2,0–7	172	0.998	3,0–9	284.5	0.698
Occupation	Farmer	2,0–7	230	0.996	2.5,0–7	235.5	0.964
	Teacher	5,1–10	773	<0.001	5,0–11	679	<0.001
	Student	4,1–9	300	<0.001	4,1–9	469	<0.001
	Other^a	2,0–11	80	0.604	3,2–8	62	0.036
Educational status	Illiterate	2,0–5	26	1.000	2,0–6	78.5	0.946
	Literate	4,0–11	4071.5	<0.001	4,0–11	3817.5	<0.001
	Class 10	3,0–9	170	0.424	3,1–11	131	0.296
	Class 11–12	4,1–9	250.5	<0.001	4,0–8	344.5	0.001
	Master’s degree	5,1–10	237	0.006	5,0–10	449.5	<0.001
	Bachelor’s degree	5,1–7	188	0.001	4,1–9	159.5	0.005
	Literate informally^b	4,1–11	35	0.234	3,2–5	55	0.003

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

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