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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants

From: Malaria prevalence in Mangaluru city area in the southwestern coastal region of India

	Immigrants		Native		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Female	89	19.8	184	40.8	273	30.3
Male	360	80.2	267	59.2	627	69.7
Total	449	100	451	100	900	100
Age
2–15	10	2.2	51	11.3	61	6.8
16–30	150	33.4	174	38.6	324	36.0
31–45	204	45.4	126	27.9	330	36.7
46–60	74	16.5	76	16.9	150	16.7
61–75	11	2.4	24	5.3	35	3.9
Total	449	100	451	100	900	100
Education
Uneducated	191	42.5	146	32.4	337	37.4
Primary	181	40.3	162	35.9	343	38.1
Secondary	75	16.7	130	28.8	205	22.8
College education	2	0.4	13	2.9	15	1.7
Total	449	100	451	100	900	100
Occupation
Construction worker	337	75.1	102	22.6	439	48.8
Hotel worker	17	3.8	25	5.5	42	4.7
Porter	36	8.0	40	8.9	76	8.4
Student	8	1.8	54	12.0	62	6.9
Others	51	11.4	230	51	281	31.2
Total	449	100	451	100	900	100
Screening time period
Feb–March	150	33.4	150	33.3	300	33.3
Aug–Sep	149	33.2	151	33.5	300	33.3
Nov–Dec	150	33.4	150	33.3	300	33.3
Total	449	100	451	100	900	100
Previous history of malaria
Yes	181	40.4	228	50.8	409	45.6
No	267	59.6	221	49.2	488	54.4
Unsure	1	0.2	2	0.4	3	0.3
Total	449	100	451	100	900	100

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