Fig. 4: NMDS plot displaying Bray–Curtis dissimilarity in foraging behavior between surveyed respondents (n = 1,189; dimensions k = 5 and stress = 0.012).
From: Widespread practices and sustainability benefits of foraging in urban blue spaces of India
Hulls represent the three forager groups identified, whereas symbols represent the centroid values for each sociodemographic factor and the four cities. The following abbreviations are used: age (years): <31 (A1), 31–50 (A2), 51–70 (A3), >70 (A4); gender: male (M), female (F); education: no school (E1), primary and secondary schools (E2), high school (E3), university (E4); caste: general (GEN), Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST); income (US$): <3,500 (In1), 3,500–6,999 (In2), 7,000–10,599 (In3), 10,600–17,500 (In4), >17,500 (In5); occupation: daily wage labor (O1), private employee (O2), homemaker (O3), public sector (O4), unemployed (O5); and city: Bangalore (BAN), Mumbai (MUM), Kochi (KOC), Kolkata (KOL).
