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Table 5 Poisson regression model of the average number of species and diseases cited by the different social groups

From: Ethnobotanical characterization of medicinal plants used in Kisantu and Mbanza-Ngungu territories, Kongo-Central Province in DR Congo

Dependent

Factor

B (estimated coefficient)

Standard Error

p-value.

Exp(B) (exponentiated values)

Number of species

(Constant)

1.191

0.0769

.000

3.289

Female

-0.29

0.0764

.000

0.749

Male

0a

.

.

1

Kisantu (urban)

0.426

0.0977

.000

1.53

Mbanza-Ngungu urban

0.565

0,0999

.000

1.76

Mbanza-Ngungu rural

0a

.

.

1

Herbalists

-0.812

0.2165

.000

0.444

Curing healer

0.383

0.1056

.000

1.467

Traditional health practitioners

0a

.

.

1

(Scale)

1b

   

Number of diseases

(Constant)

0.132

0.1288

0.304

1.142

Female

-0.279

0.1181

0.018

0.756

Male

0a

.

.

1

Kisantu (urban)

0,52

0.1616

0.001

1.682

Mbanza-Ngungu urban

0.874

0.1576

0

2.397

Mbanza-Ngungu rural

0a

.

.

1

Herbalists

-0.467

0.3005

0.12

0.627

Curing healer

0.574

0.1595

0

1.774

Traditional health practitioners

0a

.

.

1

(Scale)

1b

   
  1. aset to 0; bFixed display value