Distribution and Transmission of Medicinal Plant Knowledge in the Andean Highlands: A Case Study from Peru and Bolivia

Table 2

Socioeconomic characteristics and medicinal plant knowledge of participating households from Waca Playa, Bolivia. Medicinal plants: total number of medicinal plants mentioned.

	Residence	Age (years)	Age category	Sex	First degree kinship ties	Education level	Migratory activity	Market integration	Health specialization	Medicinal plants
Household 1	Tres Cruces	27	young	female	daughter of 9	primary	seasonal	low	none	27
Household 2	Tres Cruces	38	middle	female		primary	none	moderate	none	21
Household 3	Tres Cruces	51	old	male		primary	seasonal	low	none	23
Household 4	Tres Cruces	29	young	male		primary	seasonal	moderate	none	39
Household 5	Tres Cruces	39	middle	male	brother-in-law of 7, nephew of 6	primary	seasonal	moderate	none	17
Household 6	Tres Cruces	59	old	female	sister-in-law of 8, aunt of 5	primary	none	low	none	25
Household 7	Tres Cruces	38	middle	male	brother-in-law of 5	secondary	seasonal	low	none	15
Household 8	Tres Cruces	52	old	male	brother-in-law of 6	primary	semipermanent	moderate	none	16
Household 9	Tres Cruces	71	old	male	father of 1	primary	none	low	Andean healer	42
Household 10	Lambramani	43	middle	male		primary	semipermanent	low	none	27
Household 11	Lambramani	38	middle	female		none	semipermanent	moderate	none	32
Household 12	Lambramani	57	old	female		none	seasonal	high	none	24
Household 13	Lambramani	50	old	female		none	semipermanent	moderate	none	26
Household 14	Lambramani	50	old	female	niece of 15	none	seasonal	low	Andean healer	50
Household 15	Lambramani	63	old	female	aunt of 14	none	none	low	none	22
Household 16	Lambramani	38	middle	male		primary	none	high	none	23
Household 17	Lambramani	44	middle	male	brother-in-law of 18	primary	semipermanent	low	none	33
Household 18	Lambramani	54	old	female	sister-in-law of 17	none	semipermanent	moderate	none	47