The socioeconomic context of the use of Euterpe precatoria Mart. and E. oleracea Mart. in Bolivia and Peru

Table 1 Distribution of the 483 interviews conducted in 10 communities of Amazonian Peru and Bolivia by gender in five age groups. Additional data on the communities are shown in Appendix

Country	Ethnic group	# communities	Gender		Age (years)					# informants
Country	Ethnic group	# communities	Men	Women	18-30	31-40	41-50	51-60	> 60	# informants
Peru	Cocama	1	44	43	19	17	24	10	17	87
	Mestizo (Iquitos)	2	73	95	48	44	31	20	25	168
	Aguaruna	3	35	34	21	17	12	11	8	69
Bolivia	Mestizo (Riberalta)	2	39	40	10	18	19	14	18	79
Bolivia	Chácobo	2	40	40	37	21	13	6	3	80
Total		10	231	252	135	117	99	61	71	483

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