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Table 1 Socio-demographic data collected from 186 respondents

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

Level

Count

Proportion

χ2

df

p value

Gender

Female

79

0.425

4.22

1

0.04

Male

107

0.575

   

Age bracket

18–30

31

0.167

13.9

4

0.008

31–40

51

0.274

   

41–50

47

0.253

   

51–60

33

0.177

   

 > 60

24

0.129

   

Marital status

Single

31

0.1667

205

3

 < .001

Married

130

0.6989

   

Divorced

10

0.0538

   

Widowed

15

0.0806

   

Level of education

None

28

0.151

58.3

3

 < .001

Basic

90

0.484

   

Secondary

43

0.231

   

Tertiary

25

0.134

   

Monthly income

 < 1000

131

0.7043

218

3

 < .001

1000–1900

37

0.1989

   

2000–3000

16

0.086

   

 > 3000

2

0.0108

   

Occupation

Farmer

84

0.45161

259

7

 < .001

Trader

42

0.22581

   

Civil servant

37

0.19892

   

Student

5

0.02688

   

Mason

1

0.00538

   

Cleaner

1

0.00538

   

Retired

6

0.03226

   

Unemployed

10

0.05376

   

Indigene status

Indigene

109

0.586

5.51

1

0.019

Non-indigene

77

0.414

   

Religion

Christian

163

0.8763

249

2

 < .001

Muslim

19

0.1022

   

Other

4

0.0215

   
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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