Background
The coexistence of traditional medicine and biomedicine
Correlates of expertise
Study populations
The Maasai
The Koore
Maasai (N = 146) | Koore (N = 100) | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max | |
Sex (1 = Male 0 = Female) | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0.60 | 0.43 | 0 | 1 |
Age | 33.19 | 20.09 | 7 | 100 | 26.86 | 16.16 | 9 | 85 |
Childrena
| 7.52 | 2.82 | 0 | 22 | 7.45 | 2.74 | 0 | 17 |
Education level | 1.46 | 0.91 | 1 | 7 | 2.12 | 3.30 | 1 | 20 |
Total Cattlea
| 104.48 | 218.43 | 0 | 1400 | 16.66 | 12.19 | 2 | 44 |
Total Small-Stocka
| 179.09 | 275.90 | 0 | 1200 | 8.38 | 8.97 | 0 | 37 |
Standardized | 0 | 1 | −.0.66 | 3.30 | 0 | 1 | −1.28 | 2.06 |
Income typesa
| 0.39 | 0.65 | 0 | 2 | 0.70 | 0.26 | 0 | 3 |
Seek Professionalsa
| 1.05 | 0.94 | 0 | 4 | 2.22 | 0.53 | 1 | 3 |
Total Income per montha
| 53.26 | 835.19 | 0 | 2730.50 | 7.75 | 10.81 | 0 | 21.91 |
Livestock Sicknessa
| 0.89 | 0.32 | 0 | 1 | 0.90 | 0.31 | 0 | 1 |
Days away due to sicknessa
| 2.36 | 1.09 | 1 | 7 | 1.59 | 1.05 | 1 | 4 |
VB Expertise | 84.16 | 9.62 | 32 | 100 | 93.18 | 6.05 | 69 | 100 |
EVM Expertise | 77.66 | 14.51 | 32 | 100 | 60.01 | 11.93 | 34 | 85 |
Predictions
Methods
Survey development
Sampling
Variables
Consensus and measures of expertise
Analysis
Results
Consensus in EVM and VB
Predictors of traditional expertise
Koore | Maasai | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
B
| 95% CI |
B
| 95% CI | |
Herd Size | 0.132 | 0.014–0.251* | 0.001 | −0.002–0.004 |
VB Expertise | 0.598 | 0.150–1.046** | −0.000 | −0.189–0.189 |
Sex | 9.209 | 2.376–16.041** | −0.935 | −7.599–5.730 |
Age | 0.463 | 0.316–0.610** | 0.429 | 0.287–0.572** |
Age Sqrd | −0.013 | −0.019– −0.006** | −0.008 | −0.013– −0.002** |
Education | −0.303 | −2.196–1.591 | −0.051 | −2.355–2.252 |
Income Types | −0.108 | −10.334–10.118 | 2.003 | −1.456–5.463 |
Professional Help | 0.182 | −4.419–4.784 | −0.639 | −3.128–1.850 |
Constant | 53.734 | 45.538–61.931** | 82.314 | 75.487–89.141** |
Adjusted R
2
| 0.45 | 0.29 | ||
N | 98 | 114 |
Predictors of biomedical expertise
Koore | Maasai | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
B
| 95% CI |
B
| 95% CI | |
Herd Size | 0.016 | −0.047–0.078 | −0.002 | −0.005–0.001 |
EVM Expertise | 15.585 | 3.912–27.259** | −0.016 | −19.859–19.826 |
Sex | −0.157 | −3.823–3.508 | 2.835 | −3.980–9.650 |
Age | −0.018 | −0.112–0.076 | 0.010 | −0.160–0.179 |
Age Sqrd | 0.000 | −0.003–0.004 | 0.003 | −0.002–0.009 |
Education | −0.315 | −1.279–0.649 | 1.394 | −0.953–3.740 |
Income Types | −0.088 | −5.308–5.132 | 2.284 | −1.258–5.826 |
Professional Help | −0.454 | −2.800–1.893 | −0.542 | −3.096–2.011 |
Constant | 85.829 | 81.581–89.076** | 78.861 | 71.700–86.023** |
Adjusted R2 | 0.16 | 0.002 | ||
N
| 98 | 114 |