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Table 4 Summary of model selection among candidate models for TKTotal, AUTotal, AUFood, AUMedicinal, and TKTotal—AUTotal

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

Candidate models

TKTotal

AUTotal

AUFood

AUMedicinal

TKTotal–AUTotal

AICc

∆AICc

AICc

∆AICc

AICc

∆AICc

AICc

∆AICc

AICc

∆AICc

SLG

1662.4

0

1519.1

0

SLG + Sex

1663.0

0.6

1519.1

0

SLG + SPG

2549.7

0

2265.6

0

1852.9

0

SLG + SPG + Sex

2550.9

1.2

2266.8

1.2

1519.1

0

SLG + Age + Sex

1666.6

4.2

1854.8

1.8

SLG + Age + SPG + Sex

2554.5

4.8

2270.6

5.0

1857.0

4.1

1523.4

3.5

SLG + Age + Sex + Age: Sex

1670.5

8.1

SLG + Age + SPG + Sex + Age: Sex

2558.4

8.7

2274.2

8.6

1674.5

12.1

1859.9

6.9

1526.8

6.9

SLG + Age + SPG + Sex + Age: Sex + Sex: SLG

2566.1

16.4

2284.5

18.8

1693.3

30.9

1865.4

12.5

1534.9

14.9

SLG + Age + SPG + Sex + Age: Sex + Age: SLG + Sex: SLG

2595.8

46.1

2318.5

52.8

1734.3

71.9

1895.1

42.2

1549.1

29.1

Goodness of fit test

0.999

0.999

0.998

0.999

0.999

Model significance test

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Nagelkerke R2 (%)

35.74

42.23

32.61

34.98

28.02

  1. TKTotal theoretical knowledge, AUTotal actual uses, AUFood actual uses for food use-category, AUMedicinal actual uses for medicinal use-category, SPG socio-professional group, SLG sociolinguistic group