Table 4 Target group versus source of information on herbal medicine
Target group (herbalists) | Source of knowledge on herbal medicine | Chi-square (χ2) | df | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics (n = 63) | Categories | Inherited (relatives, e.g., parents/grandparents, uncles) | Fellow herbalists | Dream | Self-discovery | |||
Gender | Female | 33 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0.531 | 3 | 0.912 |
Male | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Age (years) | 18–35 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5.255 | 6 | 0.512 |
36–55 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||||
 > 55 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
Education level | None | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7.127 | 6 | 0.309 |
Primary | 20 | 15 | 6 | 1 | ||||
Secondary | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Main occupation | Crop farming | 30 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 5.866 | 3 | 0.118 |
Others | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Marital status | Single | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.287 | 9 | 0.809 |
Divorced | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Widowed | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Married | 30 | 16 | 5 | 2 | ||||
Religious affiliation | Roman catholic | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2.283 | 6 | 0.892 |
Anglican | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Pentecostals | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Overall source of knowledge | 35 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 41.063 | 3 | 0.000 | |