Understanding the Influence of Socioeconomic Variables on Medicinal Plant Knowledge in the Peruvian Andes.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we analyze the impact of 18 socioeconomic factors at individual, family, and locality levels to understand their influence on medicinal plant knowledge (MPK) in four provinces and 12 localities of the northern Andes of Peru. We interviewed 50 participants per locality (totaling 600 people) from lowlands and highlands ecoregions. The participants were balanced in terms of generations and gender. We performed multivariate statistical analyses-generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) and nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordinations-that showed the influence of each socioeconomic variable on the medicinal plant knowledge of people in the different sites. At the individual level, we found that most participants with higher MPK were women, elders, people with lower levels

SUBMITTER: Corroto F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9608460 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature