Table 1: Characteristics of the study population.

Parameters

Variables

Baka

Bantu

Total

Gender

Female

272

409

681

Male

129

222

351

Age [14,15]

(years-old)

 

˂ 2

23

49

72

2-5

97

156

253

6-15

83

151

234

16-50

189

253

442

51-years-old and above

9

22

31

Levels education

No instruction

129

192

321

Primary education

258

278

536

Secondary education

14

160

174

Higher education

0

1

1

Profession

Farmers

201

165

366

Students

64

182

246

Civil servants

1

9

10

House workers

133

243

376

Forest operators

2

19

21

Traders

0

13

13

Treatment

NT

2

11

13

SM

6

198

204

MT

9

114

123

TT

188

92

280

SM + MT

7

42

49

SM + TT

133

115

248

SM + MT + TT

7

38

45

Seasons

MRS

111

185

296

MDS

121

156

277

SRS

120

172

292

SDS

49

118

167

Time spent in the forest

Never go through the forest

8

33

41

Journal

193

467

660

weeks

113

77

190

Months

60

37

97

Years

27

17

44

Total

401

631

1032