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Table 3 Spearman correlations of gender, age (in years), farm management and canton of the interviewed adults (n = 40) with freelist length, habitats and use reports of different categories

From: Local plant knowledge and its variation among farmer’s families in the Napf region, Switzerland

Freelist length

 

Freelist length

       

Gender

rspearman

− 0.310

       

(1 = female, 2 = male)

p

0.052

       

Age

rspearman

− 0.024

       

(in years)

p

0.882

       

Management

rspearman

− 0.171

       

(1 = organic, 2 = non o.)

p

0.290

       

Canton

rspearman

− 0.189

       

(1 = Berne, 2 = Lucerne)

p

0.243

       

Habitat

 

Garden

Orchard

Field

Grassland

Forest

Way-/brookside

Other sites

 

Gender

(1 = female, 2 = male)

rspearman

− .439**

0.047

0.007

0.024

− 0.237

− 0.270

− .326*

 
 

p

0.005

0.774

0.966

0.881

0.141

0.092

0.040

 

Age

(in years)

rspearman

− 0.070

− 0.213

− 0.077

0.021

0.034

.365*

0.129

 
 

p

0.670

0.186

0.639

0.899

0.834

0.021

0.427

 

Management

(1 = organic, 2 = non o.)

rspearman

− 0.181

0.055

0.048

− 0.100

0.000

− 0.140

− 0.089

 
 

p

0.265

0.737

0.767

0.540

1.000

0.389

0.586

 

Canton

(1 = Berne, 2 = Lucerne)

rspearman

− 0.085

0.206

− 0.085

− 0.243

− 0.104

− 0.101

− 0.113

 
 

p

0.603

0.203

0.601

0.130

0.522

0.537

0.486

 

Special habitat

 

Grassland: grasses

Grassland: herbs

Forest: tree

Forest: shrub

Forest: herbaceous

   

Gender

(1 = female, 2 = male)

rspearman

.495**

− 0.288

− 0.084

− 0.255

− .408**

   
 

p

0.001

0.071

0.605

0.112

0.009

   

Age

(in years)

rspearman

− 0.061

0.056

− 0.017

0.042

0.119

   
 

p

0.706

0.730

0.916

0.798

0.466

   

Management

(1 = organic, 2 = non o.)

rspearman

0.042

− 0.176

0.092

− 0.075

− 0.166

   
 

p

0.799

0.277

0.574

0.647

0.306

   

Canton

(1 = Berne, 2 = Lucerne)

rspearman

− 0.046

− 0.272

− 0.087

− 0.090

− 0.114

   
 

p

0.778

0.090

0.593

0.581

0.485

   

Use category

 

Edible plants

Fodder

Medicinal plants

Ornamental plants

Wood

Toy

Vetmed

Other uses

Gender

(1 = female, 2 = male)

rspearman

− .533**

.365*

− .583**

− .425**

0.190

− .423**

0.066

− 0.022

 

p

0.000

0.020

0.000

0.006

0.241

0.007

0.686

0.891

Age

(in years)

rspearman

− 0.184

0.016

0.279

− 0.146

− 0.204

− 0.155

0.187

− 0.291

 

p

0.254

0.922

0.081

0.367

0.207

0.339

0.247

0.068

Management

(1 = organic, 2 = non o.)

rspearman

− 0.143

0.039

− 0.167

0.074

0.109

− 0.245

− 0.111

− 0.280

 

p

0.378

0.811

0.302

0.649

0.504

0.128

0.496

0.080

Canton

(1 = Berne, 2 = Lucerne)

rspearman

0.065

− 0.172

0.059

− 0.017

− 0.153

0.012

.370*

− 0.241

 

p

0.690

0.290

0.719

0.915

0.346

0.943

0.019

0.135

  1. Bold values indicate p < 0.05)