Table 6 Origins of the knowledge about the animals cited by the research participants
From: Wild vertebrates and their representation by urban/rural students in a region of northeast Brazil
Categories | Fish (%) | Amphibians (%) | Reptiles (%) | Birds (%) | Mammals (%) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General | Urban | Rural | General | Urban | Rural | General | Urban | Rural | General | Urban | Rural | General | Urban | Rural | |
Tradition | 1058 (17.3) | 623 (17.7) | 435 (16.7) | 735 (15.5) | 369 (13.6) | 366 (18.1) | 719 (15.0) | 349 (12.7) | 370 (18.1) | 1113 (18.6) | 568 (16.5) | 545 (21.6) | 1448 (21.2) | 735 (19.1) | 713 (23.8) |
Everyday experience | 774 (12.6) | 439 (12.5) | 335 (12.9) | 1110 (23.5) | 607 (22.4) | 503 (24.9) | 942 (19.7) | 452 (16.5) | 490 (24.0) | 1232 (20.6) | 608 (17.6) | 624 (24.7) | 1534 (22.4) | 756 (19.7) | 778 (26.0) |
Field experiences | 391 (6.4) | 154 (4.4) | 237 (9.1) | 362 (7.7) | 143 (5.3) | 219 (10.8) | 331 (6.9) | 154 (5.6) | 177 (8.7) | 452 (7.6) | 181 (5.2) | 271 (10.7) | 508 (7.4) | 308 (8.0) | 200 (6.7) |
Pet | 31 (0.5) | 23 (0.7) | 8 (0.3) | 53 (1.1) | 24 (0.9) | 29 (1.4) | 120 (2.5) | 95 (3.5) | 25 (1.2) | 468 (7.8) | 350 (10.1) | 118 (4.7) | 22 (0.3) | 19 (0.5) | 3 (0.1) |
Hunting/fishing | 409 (6.7) | 138 (3.9) | 271 (10.4) | 11 (0.2) | 1 (0.0) | 10 (0.5) | 17 (0.4) | 13 (0.5) | 4 (0.2) | 42 (0.7) | 15 (0.4) | 27 (1.1) | 11 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | 9 (0.3) |
Commerce | 195 (3.2) | 127 (3.6) | 68 (2.6) | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 10 (0.2) | 7 (0.2) | 3 (0.1) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) |
Formal education | 672 (11.0) | 408 (11.6) | 264 (10.1) | 850 (18.0) | 521 (19.3) | 329 (16.3) | 807 (16.9) | 498 (18.1) | 309 (15.2) | 727 (12.2) | 442 (12.8) | 285 (11.3) | 933 (13.6) | 525 (13.7) | 408 (13.6) |
Media | 2532 (41.4) | 1563 (44.5) | 969 (37.2) | 1559 (33.0) | 1002 (37.1) | 557 (27.5) | 1726 (36.1) | 1104 (40.2) | 622 (30.5) | 1857 (31.1) | 1222 (35.4) | 635 (25.1) | 2238 (32.7) | 1410 (36.7) | 828 (27.6) |
Zoological units | 41 (0.7) | 31 (0.9) | 10 (0.4) | 35 (0.7) | 29 (1.1) | 6 (0.3) | 107 (2.2) | 72 (2.6) | 35 (1.7) | 68 (1.1) | 52 (1.5) | 16 (0.6) | 119 (1.7) | 74 (1.9) | 45 (1.5) |
Others | 20 (0.3) | 10 (0.3) | 10 (0.4) | 11 (0.2) | 7 (0.3) | 4 (0.2) | 15 (0.3) | 9 (0.3) | 6 (0.3) | 11 (0.2) | 6 (0.2) | 5 (0.2) | 27 (0.4) | 17 (0.4) | 10 (0.3) |
Total | 6123 | 3516 | 2607 | 4727 | 2704 | 2023 | 4786 | 2747 | 2039 | 5980 | 3451 | 2529 | 6841 | 3846 | 2995 |