Women were 46% more likely than men to use medicinal plants, while people who self-identified as Black or other race (yellow or Indigenous) were 30% more likely than white people to use medicinal plants.
Sex, race, schooling, wage, and diseases were associated with medicinal plant use. Women were 46% more likely than men to use medicinal plants, while people who self-identified as Black or other race (yellow or Indigenous) were 30% more likely than white people to use medicinal plants. Furthermore, those who had completed primary school had a 28% higher prevalence of using plants than people who had completed high school or higher. Those earning more than two minimum wages had a 61% higher prevalence of using medicinal plants than respondents earning up to two minimum wages. People with two or more diseases had a 59% higher prevalence of using medicinal plants than those with none or one disease (Table 4).