Effect of Gender on the Knowledge of Medicinal Plants: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 5

Analysis of the medicinal plant knowledge of the two genders on the continental level.

Type of meta-analysis	Total studies	Africa	America	Asia	Europe	Results
Simple count	= 60	= 5; = 18	= 18; = 3	= 5; = 5	= 5; = 1
Vote count	= 47	WM = 1; MM = 12; ND = 7	WM = 6; MM = 1; ND = 10	WM = 3; MM = 0; ND = 3	WM = 2; MM = 0; ND = 2
Effect size calculation	= 21	= 5; = 4	= 8; = 2	= 1	= 1	SD

T: total studies analysed.
W: number of studies in which women know more.
M: number of studies in which men know more.
WM: number of statistically tested studies in which women know more.
MM: number of statistically tested studies in which men know more.
ND: number of statistically tested studies in which there is no difference in knowledge between the genders.