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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of heads of HH

From: Plasmodium vivax malaria at households: spatial clustering and risk factors in a low endemicity urban area of the northwestern Peruvian coast

   

Control HHs (N = 117)

Case HHs (N = 117)

p-value

Age in years

mean (SD)

37.5

(12.5)

38.6

(11.7)

0.49

Gender

n (%)

     
 

Female

 

72

(61.5)

70

(59.8)

0.79

Male

 

45

(38.5)

47

(40.2)

 

Education

n (%)

     
 

None

 

3

(2.6)

5

(4.3)

0.49

Incomplete primary

 

11

(9.4)

19

(16.2)

 

Complete primary

 

48

(41.0)

45

(38.5)

 

Secondary

 

49

(41.9)

44

(37.6)

 

Superior, university

 

6

(5.1)

4

(3.4)

 

Current economic activity

n (%)

     
 

None

 

9

(7.8)

9

(7.7)

0.86

Farmer

 

2

(1.7)

6

(5.1)

 

Trader

 

16

(13.8)

13

(11.1)

 

Moto driver

 

8

(6.9)

8

(6.8)

 

Hand labourer

 

20

(17.2)

22

(18.8)

 

Housewife

 

57

(49.1)

54

(46.2)

 

Other

 

4

(3.4)

5

(4.3)

 

Missing

 

1

    

Monthly income amount*

n (%)

     
 

None

 

61

(55)

64

(56.6)

0.91

<125 USD

 

18

(16.2)

16

(14.2)

 

≥125 USD

 

32

(28.8)

33

(29.2)

 

Missing

 

6

 

4

  
  1. *Income expressed in United States dollars (USD).
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