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Table 1 Comparative table with socioeconomic characteristics of the studied communities

From: Ethnobotany in a coastal environmental protected area: shifts in plant use in two communities in southern Brazil

 

Socioeconomic characteristics

Areias de Baixo (%) (n = 53)

Costeira da Armação (%) (n= 72)

1.

Gender

  
 

∙ Female

58.49

45.84

 

∙ Male

41.51

54.16

2.

Age

  
 

∙ 18–49

47.17

36.12

 

∙ 50–75

52.83

63.88

3.

Economic activities in the past

  
 

(a) Agriculture and fishing

41.51

11.11

 

(b) City

24.53

18.06

 

(c) No changes in source of income

26.42

58.33

 

(d) No income

7.54

12.06

4.

Economic activities in the present

  
 

(a) Agriculture and fishing

13.20

37.5

 

(b) City

35.85

27.78

 

(c) Retired

13.20

15.28

 

(d) No income

37.75

19.44

5.

Residence

  
 

(a) Native from Governador Celso Ramos

50.94

69.44

 

(b) Native from other municipalities

49.06

30.56