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Table 2 Purpose for home gardens and major plant life forms used

From: Plant diversity and ethnobotanical importance of home gardens in Ghana’s middle belt: a cross-sectional survey of the Sunyani municipality

Attribute

Count

Proportion

χ2

df

p value

Length of time in home gardening

1–5 years

99

0.532

33.2

2

 < .001

6–10 years

45

0.242

   

 > 10 years

42

0.226

   

Purpose of home gardening

Boundary

 No

172

0.9247

134

1

 < .001

 Yes

14

0.0753

   

Recreation

 No

159

0.855

93.7

1

 < .001

 Yes

27

0.145

   

Food

 No

44

0.237

51.6

1

 < .001

 Yes

142

0.763

   

Medicine

 No

162

0.871

102

1

 < .001

 Yes

24

0.129

   

Income

 No

182

0.9785

170

1

 < .001

 Yes

4

0.0215

   

Plant life form in home garden

Grass

 No

167

0.898

118

1

 < .001

 Yes

19

0.102

   

Vine

 No

165

0.887

111

1

 < .001

 Yes

21

0.113

   

Tree

 No

11

0.0591

145

1

 < .001

 Yes

175

0.9409

   

Shrub

 No

93

0.5

0

1

1

 Yes

93

0.5

   

Liana

 No

178

0.957

155

1

 < .001

 Yes

8

0.043

   

Herb

 No

150

0.806

69.9

1

 < .001

 Yes

36

0.194