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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population (N = 804)
| East (N = 384) | West (N = 420) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 207 | 53.9 | 235 | 56 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Khmer | 30 | 7.8 | 420 | 100 |
| Charay | 175 | 45.6 | ||
| Tumpurn | 179 | 46.6 | ||
| Education* | ||||
| None | 323 | 84.1 | 183 | 43.6 |
| Primary | 58 | 15.1 | 186 | 44.3 |
| Secondary | 1 | 0.3 | 50 | 11.9 |
| Do you use a bed net? | ||||
| No | 101 | 26.3 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Yes, sufficient | 103 | 26.8 | 261 | 62.1 |
| Yes, not sufficient | 180 | 46.9 | 156 | 37.1 |
| Income quartile | ||||
| Lowest | 184 | 43.8 | 208 | 54.2 |
| Low | 48 | 11.4 | 63 | 16.4 |
| Medium | 82 | 19.5 | 36 | 9.4 |
| Highest | 106 | 25.2 | 77 | 20.1 |
| Wall type of house | ||||
| Thatch | 4 | 1.0 | 61 | 14.5 |
| Bamboo | 234 | 60.9 | 82 | 19.5 |
| Leave | 141 | 36.7 | 175 | 41.7 |
| Iron | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5.2 |
| Dried Mud | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4.5 |
| Other e.g wood | 5 | 1.3 | 61 | 14.5 |
| Roof type of house | ||||
| Thatch | 212 | 55.2 | 272 | 64.8 |
| Bamboo | 25 | 6.5 | 17 | 4.1 |
| Leave | 12 | 3.1 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Iron | 133 | 34.6 | 99 | 23.6 |
| Dried mud | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Do you work in the forest?** (> = 15 yrs old) | ||||
| Yes | 207/229 | 90.0 | 174/195 | 89.0 |
| Do you own a forest plot? | ||||
| Yes | 353 | 91.9 | 363 | 86.4 |
| Do you own a forest plot house? | ||||
| Yes | 285 | 74.2 | 239 | 56.9 |
