Wild food plants and minor crops in the Ripollès district (Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): potentialities for developing a local production, consumption and exchange program

Table 2 Variation on wild food plant and minor crop knowledge according to age, gender and geographical area of informants

Variable	Date of birth			Gender		Geographical area
Variable	1915–1939	1940–1964	1965–1989	M	F	Higher ter river valley	Higher freser river valley	Lower ripollès	Total
Number of informants	104	35	4	58	85	73	36	34	143
%	72.73	24.48	2.80	40.56	59.44	51.05	25.17	23.78	100
Total species elicited (several may coincide)	71	58	12	62	70	67	46	37	80
%	88.75	72.5	15	77.5	87.5	83.75	57.5	46.25
Range spp/inf	1 to 17	1 to 17	5 to 7	1 to 17	1 to 17	1 to 17	2 to 17	2 to 12
Avg. spp/inf	6.06	8	6	6.45	6.59	5.66	8.78	6.03	6.53
SD spp/inf	3.73	4.43	0.82	4.07	3.87	4.20	3.55	2.74
Total use reports elicited	647	296	24	388	579	428	332	207	967
%	66.91	30.61	2.48	40.12	59.88	44.26	34.33	21.41	100
Range UR/inf	1 to 17	1 to 17	5 to 7	1 to 17	1 to 17	1 to 17	2 to 17	2 to 12
Avg. UR/inf	6.22	8.46	6	6.69	6.81	5.86	9.22	6.09	6.76
SD UR/inf	3.88	4.93	0.82	4.38	4.11	4.45	3.87	2.85

Values in italics indicate percentages. The higher values for some of the variables are in bold
Abbreviations: Avg average, SD standard deviation, M male, F female, spp/inf species/informant, UR/inf use report/informant

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