Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used for Human Ailments in Yilmana Densa and Quarit Districts of West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Table 9

Statistical test of significance, -test, on average number of reported medicinal plants among different informant groups in the Yilmana Densa and Quarit districts.

Parameters	Informant groups
Age groups	Adults (≤50 years)	207		7.123	0.008
	Elders (>50 years)	188
Gender	Females	129		17.196	0
	Males	266
Informant categories	General informants	299		40.147	0
	Key informants	96
Level of education	Illiterates	290		4.264	0.04
	Literates	105

Significant difference (); (0.05) (two tailed), , = number of respondents.