Table 1 Informant sociological profiles and average (± SD) number of reported species and diseases

Gender

Woman

80

42.6

3.3±3.2

1.4±1.5

Man

108

57.4

4.8±3.9

1.9±1.9

Age

Young

8

4.3

3±1.9

2.0±2.8

Adult

136

72.3

4,0±3.6

1.6±1.7

Old

44

23.4

4.8±4.2

2.1±1.9

School level

Illiterate

28

14.9

3.6±3.5

1.5±1.4

Primary

62

33.0

4.2±3.5

1.5±1.4

Secondary

78

41.5

4.7±4.1

2.1±2.2

Superior

20

10.6

2.7±2.0

1.4±1.8

Experience (year)

0-5

12

6.4

2.5±1.6

1.0

5-10

28

14.9

4.6±4.4

1.9±1.9

> 10

148

78.7

4.2±3.6

1.8±1.9

Informants categories

Herbalist

13

6.9

1.9±1.5

1.0

Curing healer

21

11.2

6.7±5.6

3.1±2.6

traditional health practitioner

154

81.9

4.0±3.3

1.6±1.7

Marital stratus

Single

19

10.1

2.6±1.9

1.4±1.8

Married

132

70.2

4.6±3.9

1.8±1.9

Widower

37

19.7

3.5±2.8

1.6±1.5

Residence

Kisantu

81

43.1

4.7±4.2

1.9±1.9

Mbanza-Ngungu urban area

39

20.7

5.2±4.4

2.5±2.6

Mbanza-Ngungu rural area

68

36.2

2.9±1.8

1.0±0.1

Total

188

100.0

4.2±3.7

1.7±1.8