Table 1 Demographic features of the respondents
From: Ethnobiological study on traditional medicinal plants and fungi recorded in the Naxi Dongba sutras
Demographic features | Number | Proportion (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
 31–40 | 7 | 6.73 |
 41–50 | 14 | 13.46 |
 51–60 | 28 | 26.92 |
 61–70 | 24 | 23.08 |
 71–80 | 24 | 23.08 |
 81 and above | 7 | 6.73 |
Sex | Â | Â |
 Female | 4 | 3.85 |
 Male | 100 | 96.15 |
Education level | ||
 Illiterate | 10 | 9.62 |
 Primary school | 61 | 58.65 |
 Junior middle school | 12 | 11.54 |
 Senior middle school | 8 | 7.69 |
 Teacher training school | 1 | 0.96 |
 School of health | 2 | 1.92 |
 Polytechnic school | 5 | 4.81 |
 Junior college | 4 | 3.85 |
 University | 1 | 0.96 |
Nationality | Â | Â |
 Naxi | 74 | 71.15 |
 Lisu | 16 | 15.38 |
 Han | 5 | 4.81 |
 Zang | 5 | 4.81 |
 Bai | 3 | 2.88 |
 Yi | 1 | 0.96 |
Ways of learning medicine | ||
 Ancestral | 73 | 70.19 |
 Ancestral,*master | 8 | 7.69 |
 Master | 7 | 6.73 |
 Ancestral, self-taught | 6 | 5.77 |
 Master, self-taught | 4 | 3.85 |
 Ancestral, learning at school | 2 | 1.92 |
 Ancestral,self-taught, learning at school | 1 | 0.96 |
 Master, learning at school | 1 | 0.96 |
 Master,self-taught, learning at school | 1 | 0.96 |
 Self-taught | 1 | 0.96 |