Traditional knowledge of invertebrates used for medicine and magical–religious purposes by traditional healers and indigenous populations in the Plateau Department, Republic of Benin

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of surveyed traditional healers, merchant of medicinal animals and households in Plateau Department

Variables	Interweaved
Variables	Traditional healers (N* = 80)	Merchant of medicinal animals (N = 12)	Households (N = 53)
Gender
Male	80	3	53
Female	-	9	-
Education level
None	47	7	26
Primary	24	4	19
Secondary	7	1	7
University	2	-	1
Age
Average	46.6 ± 11.7	49.3 ± 9.2	43.0 ± 9.5
Range	25–80	30–64	26–72
Marital status
Single	6	7	5
Married	74	5	48
Experience
Average	23.8 ± 12.7	20.3 ± 7.4	16.5 ± 10.8
Range	4–65	5–30	2–50
Employees
Average	4.4 ± 5.3	5.0 ± 3.3	-
Range	0–40	0–10	-
Household size
Average	-	-	6.1 ± 2.3
Range	-	-	1–13
Sociolinguistic groups
Yorùbá-Nago	57	11	28
Goun	13	-	14
Mahi	3	-	2
Tori	3	-	2
Holli	2	1	4
Ouémègbé	2	-	3

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