Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants and their utilization by indigenous and local communities of Dugda District, Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the informants

Parameter used	Category of informants	Number of informants	Percentage
Gender	Male	250	66.14
Gender	Female	128	33.86
Age	Young group (20–39 years)	131	34.66
Age	Matured group (40–87 years)	247	65.34
Informant category	General informant	288	76.19
Informant category	Key informant	90	23.81
Educational level	Illiterate	257	67.99
Educational level	Literate	121	32.01
Occupation	Farmers	313	82.80
Occupation	Others (students, craft, merchant and fishing)	65	17.20

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