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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the studied communities and information of the interviewed people

From: Folk taxonomy of wild mushrooms in communities of the indigenous groups Chatino, Chontal, and Chinantec in Oaxaca, Mexico

 

Santa Lucia Totepec

Santo Domingo Chontecomatlán

San Antonio Oate

Ethnicity

Chatino

Chontal

Chinantec

Linguistic family

Otomanguean

Tequisistec

Otomanguean

Language

Chatino

Chontal

Chinantec

Cultural name

Cha´tnio

Xanuc

Dzä mii

Religion

Christian

Christian

Christian

Number of inhabitants

1844

388

238

Percentage of local language speakers

80%

80%

90%

Number of interviewees

62

14

8

Interviewees’ age

7–20

21–40

41–60

61–91

24

8

20

10

3

4

6

1

1

3

2

2

Interviewees’ gender

Male

Female

31

31

7

7

4

4

Interviewees’ occupation

Housewife

Peasant

Bricklayer

Student

Security guard

Trader

Baker

18

16

1

17

1

8

1

6

5

-

2

-

1

–

3

5

–

–

–

–

–

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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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