Gender and Its Role in the Resilience of Local Medical Systems of the Fulni-ô People in NE Brazil: Effects on Structure and Functionality

Table 1

Structure and function of the local medical system of the indigenous community Fulni-ô (northeastern Brazil) in relation to gender.

	Total		Men			Women			Analysis
	Men	Women	Median	Mean	SD	Median	Mean	SD	W	p
Medicinal plants	196	168	9	10.35	6.09	7	8.44	5.47	23719	0.001∗
therapeutic targets	265	216	10	10.91	6.29	7	9.08	6.17	23651	0.001∗
Information units	1261	981	13	14.61	9.74	9	12.58	9.90	22940	0.01∗

∗p<0.05 significant.