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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants

From: Challenges in universal coverage and utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets in migrant plantation workers in Myanmar

Category

Description

  Mon State

 

  Tanintharyi region

 

  Both sites

 

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

percent

Age group

13-24 years

25

7.2

45

13.0

70

20.3

25-34 years

57

16.5

57

16.5

114

33.0

35-44 years

38

11.0

37

10.7

75

21.7

>45 years

50

14.5

36

10.4

86

24.9

Sex

male

74

21.4

67

19.4

141

40.9

female

96

27.8

108

31.3

204

59.1

Education status

No formal education

40

11.6

34

9.9

74

21.4

Primary school level

79

22.9

91

26.4

170

49.3

Middle and high school level

50

14.5

47

13.6

97

28.1

Graduate

1

0.3

3

0.9

4

1.2

Family members

1 to 3

77

22.3

82

23.8

159

46.1

4 to 6

78

22.6

75

21.7

153

44.3

>6

35

10.1

33

9.6

68

19.7

Family income per month (USD)

<50

48

13.9

9

2.6

57

16.5

50-79

49

14.2

28

8.1

77

22.3

80-99

27

7.8

32

9.3

59

17.1

100-150

41

11.9

43

12.5

84

24.3

>150

5

1.4

63

18.3

68

19.7

Perceived risk on malaria

Yes

135

39.1

128

37.1

263

76.2

No

35

10.1

47

13.6

82

23.8