Table 2 Community perceptions towards grivet monkey conservation around WWNSF
Is conserving grivet monkey important? | |||||||
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Variables | Categories | Important (%) | Not important (%) | I do not know (%) | χ2 | df | P value |
Sex | male | 32.9 | 67.1 | 0.0 | 6.49 | 2 | 0.04 |
female | 20.7 | 74.1 | 5.2 | ||||
Age | 18–30 | 24.4 | 75.6 | 0.0 | 13.23 | 6 | 0.04 |
31–43 | 25.0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | ||||
44–56 | 35.5 | 54.8 | 9.7 | ||||
> 56 | 30.4 | 69.6 | 0.0 | ||||
Marital status | married | 25.9 | 71.6 | 2.6 | 1.91 | 2 | 0.39 |
single | 37.0 | 63.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Educational status | Uneducated | 21.7 | 73.9 | 4.3 | 3.53 | 6 | 0.74 |
informal education | 25.0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | ||||
primary | 32.0 | 66.0 | 2.0 | ||||
secondary | 31.8 | 63.6 | 4.5 | ||||
Distance from forest (m) | < 200 | 24.5 | 72.6 | 2.8 | 12.7 | 4 | 0.013 |
201–400 | 25 | 75 | 0.0 | ||||
> 401 | 77.8 | 22.2 | 0.0 | ||||
Family size | 1–3 | 36.1 | 63.9 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | 0.13 |
4–6 | 20.0 | 76.0 | 4.0 | ||||
> 7 | 37.5 | 62.5 | 0.0 | ||||
Village | Chachahudad | 41.2 | 58.8 | 0.0 | 22 | 10 | 0.013 |
Giderach-Lankuso | 13.6 | 86.4 | 0.0 | ||||
Ayer | 8.0 | 92.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Silasie Gedam | 38.7 | 58.1 | 3.2 | ||||
Mebreka`mba | 42.1 | 47.4 | 10.5 | ||||
Gifte | 27.6 | 72.4 | 0.0 | ||||