An Ethnobotanical Study of Wild Edible Plants in Tach Gayint District, South Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, Northwestern Ethiopia

Table 2

Knowledge variation of Tach Gayint community on wild edible plants.

Parameters	Informant groups	N	Mean ± SD	t value	P value
Gender	Female	56	2.73 ± 2.14	5.53	0.001
	Male	119	4.72 ± 2.25
Age	16–39	88	4.54 ± 2.35	−2.27	0.024
	>39	87	3.75 ± 2.38
Literacy	Illiterate	138	4.34 ± 2.32	2.84	0.005
	Literate	37	3.10 ± 2.45
Informant category	Key informant	25	6.80 ± 1.29	−6.87	0.001
	General informant	150	3.63 ± 2.23

Significant difference (), t (0.05), DF = 173; N = number of respondents.