Survey of ethnobotanical cocktails commonly used in the treatment of malaria in southwestern Nigeria

Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents from survey areas

Socio-demographic characteristics	Ogun state (number = 111)		Oyo state (number = 89)		Total (number = 200)		Chi-square (χ²)	P value
Socio-demographic characteristics	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Chi-square (χ²)	P value
Sex							3.45	0.735
Male	26	23.4	19	21.3	45	22.5
Female	85	76.6	70	78.7	155	77.5
Age							3.34	18.830
18–30	23	20.7	28	31.5	51	25.5
31–60	61	54.9	45	50.6	106	53.0
61–90	27	24.3	16	17.9	43	21.5
Religion							2.01	0.374
Christianity	31	27.9	32	35.9	63	31.5
Islam	37	33.3	30	33.7	67	33.5
Traditional	43	38.7	27	62.8	70	35.0
Marital status							2.53	0.631
Single	19	17.1	21	23.6	40	20.0
Married	59	53.2	46	51.7	105	52.5
Separated	15	13.5	13	14.6	28	14.0
Divorced	7	6.3	3	3.4	10	5.0
Widowed	11	9.9	6	6.7	17	8.5
Level of education							14.71	0.013*
No education	29	26.1	12	13.5	41	20.5
Primary	30	27.0	18	20.2	48	24.0
Secondary	27	24.3	34	38.2	61	30.5
Post-Secondary	23	20.7	25	28.1	48	24.0
Others	2	1.8	0	0.0	2	1.0
Duration of herbal practice (in years)							2.86	0.963
0–9	20	18.0	16	17.9	36	18.0
10–19	17	15.3	12	13.5	29	14.5
20–29	22	19.8	20	22.5	42	21.0
30 +	52	46.8	41	46.1	93	46.5
Received herbal training							2.67	0.566
Yes	57	56.4	46	59.7	103	51.5
No	44	43.6	31	40.3	75	37.5