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Table 1 Distribution and variation in the number of respondents according to their characteristics

From: Food and medicinal uses of Annona senegalensis Pers.: a country-wide assessment of traditional theoretical knowledge and actual uses in Benin, West Africa

Characteristics

Modality

Number of respondents

Relative frequency

Gender

Woman

287

38.52

Man

468

61.81

Age

Young (age ≤ 35)

133

17.85

Adult (35 < age ≤ 60)

433

58.12

Old (age > 60)

189

25.36

Main activity

Farmer

354

47.51

No_Farmer

378

50.73

Trad_healers

23

3.08

Sociolinguistic group

Bariba

100

13.42

Beyonbe

25

3.36

Dendi

50

6.71

Idaasha

19

2.55

Kountema

25

3.31

Lokpa

50

6.71

Mahi

65

8.72

Nago

81

10.87

Natimba

51

6.85

Otamari_

19

2.55

Berba

13

1.74

Tankama

50

6.71

Weme

146

19.6

Yom

51

6.85