Table 1 Description of the variables used in this study
From: The use of medicinal plants to prevent COVID-19 in Nepal
Variable | Type | Symbol | Categories | Remarks/ Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Plant number | Numeric | Plants | NA | Number of plant species used |
Education | Ordinal | Education | Primary, secondary, university | Formal education of respondents |
Occupation | Nominal | Occupation | Agriculture, business, job, jobless, wage earner, remittance | The main source of livelihood of the respondents |
Age | Ordinal | Age | > 20 20–29 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–69 70–79 | Age of the respondents |
Gender | Nominal | Sex | Male (M) Female (F) | Gender of the respondents |
Primary treatment mode | Nominal | Primary treatment mode | Allopathy, Ayurvedic, homeopathy | Mode of treatment people normally follow |
Source of information | Nominal | Source of information | WHO, national health authorities, social media, local community | Source of information people follow to use medicinal plant |
Medicinal plant use | Ordinal | Medicinal plant use status | Increase, decrease, same, never used | The medicinal plant use status during COVID-19 compared to before COVID-19 |
Recommendation of medicinal plant | Ordinal | Recommendation | Strong, moderate, low, never | Respondents’ recommendation levels were recorded |
Living conditions during lockdown | Nominal | Living conditions | Urban, rural | The place of living during lockdown was recorded |
Living with family | Nominal | Living with family | Yes No | Respondents living with family or not are recorded |
Plant growing conditions | Ordinal | Medicinal plant growing condition | Less, same, more, started, never | Plants’ growing conditions during COVID-19 pandemic |
Knowledge about medicinal plant | Ordinal | Knowledge of medicinal plant | Increase, decrease, same, confused | The respondents’ knowledge level on the use of medicinal plant |
Habit analysis | Nominal | Habit | Herb, shrub, climber, tree | Types of plant mentioned by the respondents |