Table 1 Distribution of the study population by age, gender and study site
Study site | Age category (years) | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
< 5 | 5–9 | ≥ 10 | ||
Bamenda | ||||
 Gender | ||||
  F | 27 (43.5) | 16 (25.8) | 19 (30.6) | 62 (46.6 |
  M | 31 (43.7) | 26 (36.6) | 14 (19.7) | 71 (53.4) |
Total | 58 (43.6) | 42 (31.6) | 33 (24.8) | 133 |
Limbe | ||||
 Gender | ||||
  F | 32 (42.7) | 29 (38.7) | 14 (18.7) | 75 (53.6) |
  M | 38 (58.5) | 19 (29.2) | 8 (12.3) | 65 (46.4) |
Total | 70 (50.0) | 48 (34.3) | 22 (15.7) | 140 |
Maroua | ||||
 Gender | ||||
  F | 21 (63.6) | 12 (36.4) | 0 (0.0) | 33 (43.4) |
  M | 25 (58.1) | 15 (34.9) | 3 (7.0) | 43 (56.6) |
Total | 46 (60.5) | 27 (35.5) | 3 (4.0) | 76 |
Ngaoundere | ||||
 Gender | ||||
  F | 39 (63.9) | 17 (27.9) | 5 (8.2) | 61 (48.4) |
  M | 39 (60.0) | 18 (27.7) | 8 (12.3) | 65 (51.6) |
Total | 78 (61.9) | 35 (27.8) | 13 (10.3) | 126 |
Yaounde | ||||
 Gender | ||||
  F | 13 (25.0) | 25 (48.1) | 14 (26.9) | 52 (40.9) |
  M | 27 (36.0) | 27 (36.0) | 21 (28.0) | 75 (59.1) |
Total | 40 (31.5) | 52 (40.9) | 35 (27.6) | 127 |
Total | ||||
 Gender | ||||
  F | 132 (46.6) | 99 (35.0) | 52 (18.4) | 283 (47.0) |
  M | 160 (50.2) | 105 (32.9) | 54 (16.9) | 319 (53.0) |
Total | 292 (48.5) | 204 (33.9) | 106 (17.6) | 602 |