Table 1 Informant’s details. Place of residence is at the time of the interview; three women were temporarily living in the UK, where they were interviewed. MP/BM refers to preference for medicinal plants or biomedicine
From: Medicinal plants used by women in Mecca: urban, Muslim and gendered knowledge
Code | Age | Occupation | Literacy | N of children | Place of residence | N of household members | Place of origin | Number of plants listed | MP/BM | Source knowledge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
inf1 | 30 | Lecturer | PhD (Arabic, English) | 1 | Reading, UK | 3 | Mecca | 15 | BM | Scientific lectures, grandparents and mother |
inf2 | 47 | Lecturer | PhD (Arabic, English) | 6 | Reading, UK | 8 | Jeddah | 13 | MP | Grandmothers and mother |
inf3 | 35 | Housewife | Secondary education (Arabic) | 5 | Mecca | 7 | Mecca | 9 | BM | Grandmothers and mother |
inf4 | 31 | Student | PhD (Arabic, English) | 0 | Reading, UK | 9 | Mecca | 10 | BM | Mother, scientific lectures, Internet |
inf5 | 49 | Housewife | Primary education (Arabic) | 6 | Mecca | 8 | Mecca | 23 | MP | Mother |
inf6 | 51 | Housewife | Primary education (Arabic) | 3 | Mecca | 4 | Mecca | 18 | MP | Grandmothers |
inf7 | 32 | Housewife | Secondary education (Arabic) | 5 | Mecca | 7 | Mecca | 21 | MP | Grandmothers, mother, neighbours, books, Internet, television |
inf8 | 49 | Housewife | Primary education (Arabic) | 5 | Mecca | 6 | Mecca | 13 | MP | Grandmothers |
inf9 | 50 | Housewife | Primary education (Arabic) | 4 | Mecca | 5 | Mecca | 24 | MP | Written sources, mother and aunt |
inf10 | 60 | Housewife | Primary education (Arabic) | 10 | Mecca | 5 | Mecca | 18 | MP | Grandmothers |
inf11 | 45 | Housewife | Primary education (Arabic) | 2 | Mecca | 3 | Mecca | 24 | MP | Grandmothers |
inf12 | 56 | Housewife | Primary education (Arabic) | 2 | Mecca | 4 | Mecca | 24 | MP | Grandmothers |
inf13 | 32 | Housewife | Bachelor (Arabic) | 4 | Mecca | 6 | Mecca | 9 | BM | Mother |
inf14 | 65 | Housewife | Illiterate (Arabic) | 9 | Mecca | 10 | Mecca | 12 | MP | Grandmothers |
inf15 | 34 | Housewife | Secondary education (Arabic) | 2 | Mecca | 4 | Mecca | 12 | BM | Wider community (social network beyond family members) |
inf16 | 29 | Housewife | Bachelor (Arabic) | 3 | Mecca | 5 | Mecca | 15 | BM | Mother, Internet |
inf17 | 69 | Housewife | Illiterate (Arabic) | 7 | Mecca | 9 | Mecca | 17 | MP | Grandmothers |
inf18 | 60 | Housewife | Illiterate (Arabic) | 9 | Mecca | 6 | Mecca | 25 | MP | Mother, Internet, shops of medicinal plants |
inf19 | 30 | Housewife | Bachelor (Arabic) | 3 | Mecca | 5 | Mecca | 8 | BM | Mother, Internet |
inf20 | 59 | Housewife | Primary education (Arabic) | 3 | Mecca | 4 | Mecca | 18 | MP | Grandmothers |
inf21 | 50 | Housewife | Illiterate (Arabic) | 6 | Mecca | 8 | Mecca | 17 | MP | Grandmothers |
inf22 | 45 | Housewife | Bachelor (Arabic) | 6 | Mecca | 8 | Mecca | 16 | MP | Grandmothers |
inf23 | 37 | Housewife | Secondary education (Arabic) | 5 | Mecca | 7 | Taif | 12 | MP | Grandmothers |
inf24 | 39 | Housewife | Bachelor (Arabic) | 4 | Mecca | 6 | Mecca | 17 | MP | Grandmothers |
inf25 | 34 | Housewife | Bachelor (Arabic) | 3 | Mecca | 5 | Mecca | 12 | BM | Mother |
inf26 | 33 | Housewife | Bachelor (Arabic) | 3 | Mecca | 5 | Mecca | 12 | BM | Family |
inf27 | 33 | Housewife | Bachelor (Arabic) | 4 | Mecca | 6 | Mecca | 24 | MP | Family, nutrition studies at the university |
inf28 | 34 | Housewife | Bachelor (Arabic) | 6 | Mecca | 8 | Mecca | 17 | BM | Mother, family, friends, Internet |
inf29 | 28 | Lecturer | Bachelor (Arabic) | 1 | Mecca | 3 | Mecca | 18 | BM | Mother, sisters, school |
inf30 | 46 | Housewife | Bachelor (Arabic) | 4 | Mecca | 6 | Mecca | 17 | MP | Mother, family, books |
inf31 | 60 | Housewife | Primary education (Arabic) | 9 | Mecca | 5 | Mecca | 12 | MP | Grandmothers |
inf32 | 60 | Housewife | Illiterate (Arabic) | 10 | Mecca | 5 | Mecca | 10 | MP | Grandmothers |