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Table 2 Association of knowledge on pesticidal plants locally used to control termites with age, gender and educational status of the respondents and their socio-demographic characteristics (n = 381)

From: Ethnobotanical survey of plants locally used in the control of termite pests among rural communities in northern Uganda

Characteristic

Total number of respondents (%)

Knowledge on pesticidal plants (n)

χ2

df

P-value

Significance

  

No

Yes

    

Gender

      

Male

281 (73.8)

70

211

9.2

1

0.002

Significant

Female

100 (26.2)

41

59

    

Age (years)

      

18–35

63 (16.5)

44

19

66.5

3

 < 0.001

Significant

36–55

189 (49.6)

47

142

    

56–75

100 (26.2)

19

81

    

Above 75

29 (7.6)

1

28

    

Educational status

Illiterate

54 (14.2)

9

45

4.8

3

0.186

Not significant

Primary

196 (51.4)

62

134

    

Secondary

122 (32.0)

37

85

    

Post-secondary

9 (2.4)

3

6

    

Knowledge on the plants used to control termites

Yes

270 (70.9)

      

No

111 (29.1)

      
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CABI Agriculture and Bioscience

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