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Table 6 Pairwise comparisons of the number of traditional forage plant species reported

From: Changes in traditional ecological knowledge of forage plants in immigrant villages of Ningxia, China

Characters

Mean difference

S.t.d. error

p value

Gender (i-j)

“Male”–“Female”

7.541

2.647

0.005

Age (i-j)

 “≥60”–“≤19”

36.156

4.580

0.000

 “≥60”–“20–39”

8.880

3.559

0.014

 “≥60”–“40–59”

1.526

3.463

0.660

Education level (i-j)

 “Illiteracy”–“Primary”

12.490

3.032

0.000

 “Illiteracy”–“Middle”

9.609

3.673

0.010

 “Illiteracy”–“Higher”

29.911

4.981

0.000

Occupation (i-j)

 “Students”–“Village heads”

− 47.333

6.829

0.000

 “Students”–“Farmers”

− 26.213

4.413

0.000

 “Students”–“businessmen”

− 35.183

9.369

0.000

 “Students”–“Migrant workers”

− 20.071

6.256

0.002

 “Students”–“Village doctors”

− 28.383

9.369

0.003

 “Students”–“Other else”

− 30.155

8.223

0.000