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Table 2 Predictors in the best Poisson and ordered logistic models showing the relationship between socio-demographic attributes (gender and age category), regional (Region) and local abundance, with use-value and importance index, respectively for B. aethiopum (−, non-significant term)

From: Traditional knowledge and cultural importance of Borassus aethiopum Mart. in Benin: interacting effects of socio-demographic attributes and multi-scale abundance

Predictors

Use-value

Importance index

df

dev.

p value

df

dev.

p value

Region (R)

2

177.44

< 0.001

2

353.95

< 0.001

Local abundance (A)

1

0.01

0.915

1

2.22

0.137

Age category (G)

2

17.54

< 0.001

2

10.74

0.005

Gender (S)

1

6.36

0.012

1

4.57

0.045

R × G

4

9.20

0.036

A × G

2

8.94

0.011

G × S

2

5.41

0.049

Goodness of fit test (Error)

981

1053.66

0.753

976

2154.52

0.999

R-square (%)

36.96

34.80

  1. df degree of freedom, dev. deviance, p value probability value computed from a Chi-square distribution