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Table 9 Determinants of diversity of use of common bean landraces in central Benin

From: Folk taxonomy and traditional uses of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) landraces by the sociolinguistic groups in the central region of the Republic of Benin

Explanatory variables Category of use
Medicinal Commercial Mystical-religious Fodder
Coefficient p value Coefficient p value Coefficient P-value Coefficient p value
Age 0.011 0.687 0.045** 0.036 0.531* 0.061 0.322 0.426
Sex 0.481 0.492 − 0.895** 0.037 0.213 0.739 0.765 0.491
Education 0.765** 0.037 − 0.408 0.353 − 14.354 0.982 − 14.472 0.989
Experience − 0.035 0.550 − 0.045 0.324 0.013 0.819 − 0.012 0.888
Constance − 2.000 0.136 − 1.514 0.145 − 3.993 0.005 − 3.970 0.058
Basic category Food        
Number of observation 164        
LR Chi 2 (40) 37.94        
− 2 log-likelihood − 208.51        
Prob > Chi 2 0.001        
Pseudo R2 0.08        
  1. **, * significant at 5% and 10% probability level respectively
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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