Table 8 Statistical test of significance using one-way ANOVA the average number of reported WEPs among various variables in the study area, Soro District
From: Ethnobotany of wild edible plants in Soro District of Hadiya Zone, southern Ethiopia
Participants | Informants group | N | Average ± SD | F value | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Males | 124 | 12.52 ± 6.07 | 7.46 | 0.007 |
Females | 30 | 9.37 ± 3.62 |  |  | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 65 | 12.02 ± 5.91 | 0.04 | 0.847 |
Literate | 89 | 11.83 ± 5.76 |  |  | |
Age category | 18–35(Young) | 39 | 11.90 ± 5.07 | 1.00 | 0.369 |
36–59(Adult) | 57 | 11.14 ± 6.23 |  |  | |
 > 60(Old/Elderly) | 58 | 12.67 ± 5.82 |  |  | |
Proximity to the main town Informants’ category |  < 5 km (Urban/Near) | 36 | 12.72 ± 5.92 | 0.92 | 0.338 |
 > or = 5 km (Rural/Far) | 118 | 11.66 ± 5.77 |  |  | |
Key informants | 26 | 18.23 ± 6.43 | 48.71 | 0.000 | |
General informants | 128 | 10.63 ± 4.75 |  |  | |
Agroclimatic zone | Dega dwellers | 33 | 11.06 ± 4.44 | 1.55 | 0.215 |
Woinadega dwellers | 106 | 12.43 ± 6.03 |  |  | |
Kola dwellers | 15 | 10.07 ± 6.56 |  |  | |
Religion | Protestant | 141 | 11.40 ± 5.40 | 6.01 | 0.001 |
Orthodox | 2 | 11.00 ± 1.41 |  |  | |
Adventist | 7 | 17.29 ± 8.30 |  |  | |
Apostle | 4 | 20.75 ± 5.56 |  |  |