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

Table 6

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

Type of meta-analysis	Total	Brazil	Ethiopia	Results
Simple count	= 22	= 12; = 1	= 0; = 9
Vote count	= 21	WM = 4; MM = 1; ND = 7	WM = 0; MM = 8; ND = 1
Effect size calculation	—	—	—	—

: total studies analysed.
: number of studies in which women know more.
: 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.