Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Metema and Quara districts, Northwestern Ethiopia

Table 2 Wild edible plant knowledge of the informants

Parameters	Informant categories	Number of informants	Mean rank	Chi-Square	p-value
Gender	Male	267	198.96	17,099.0	0.908
	Female	129	197.55
Education level	Illiterates	180	199.08	19,335.0	0.926
	Literates	216	198.01
Informant type	Key informants	55	327.63	2,275.5	0.000*
	General informant	341	177.67
Settlement history	Local	146	213.31	16,087.5	0.045*
	Settlers	250	189.85
Study Districts	Quara	286	198.36	15,796.00	0.969
	Metema	110	198.85
Age (Years)	20–39	170	174.57	19.506	0.000*
	40–59	123	198.88
	≥ 60	103	237.54
Ethnic background	Amhara	319	177.72	60.601	0.000*
	Gumuz	43	313.58
	Agew	34	247.93

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