Table 1 Description of cross-sectional survey participants
From: Malaria – a major health problem within an oil palm plantation around Popondetta, Papua New Guinea
Variable | N (%) | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 423 (50.2) | ||
Female | 419 (49.8) | |||
Total | 842 | |||
Age | 0–4 | 169 (20.1) | 89 (21.1) | 79 (18.9) |
5–9 | 148(17.6) | 76 (18.0) | 72 (17.2) | |
10–19 | 117 (13.9) | 47 (11.1) | 70 (16.7) | |
20–39 | 344 (40.9) | 167 (39.6) | 177 (42.2) | |
>40 | 64 (7.6) | 43 (10.2) | 21 (5.0) | |
Total | 842 | 422 | 419 | |
Origin | Oro | 480 (57.1) | 218 (51.8) | 261 (62.4) |
Morobe | 160 (19.1) | 97 (23.0) | 63 (15.1) | |
Oro/Morobe | 46 (5.5) | 24 (5.7) | 22 (5.3) | |
Other provinces | 157(18.3) | 82(19.5) | 72(17.2) | |
Total | 840 | 421 | 418 | |
Work | Permanent | 238 (28.2) | 205 (86.1) | 33 (13.9) |
Casual | 57 (6.8) | 7 (12.3) | 50 (87.7) | |
Not working | 548 (65.0) | 211 (38.6) | 336 (61.4) | |
Total | 843 | 423 | 419 | |
Work department | Field | 211 (89.4) | 178 (87.7) | 33 (100.0) |
Security | 12 (5.1) | 12 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
Transport | 7 (3.0) | 7 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
Mill | 4 (1.7) | 4 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Growers | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
HR | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
Finance | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Total | 236 | 203 | 33 | |
Work casual | Collect mama lusfrut | 22 (38.6) | 0 | 22 (44.0) |
Weeding | 13 (22.8) | 1 (14.3) | 12 (24.0) | |
Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) distribution | 8 (14.0) | 1 (14.3) | 7 (14.0) | |
Fertilizer application | 6 (10.5) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (12.0) | |
Harvest helper | 3 (5.3) | 2 (28.6) | 1 (2.0) | |
Other | 5 (8.8) | 3 (42.9) | 2 (4.0) | |
Total | 57 | 7 | 50 | |