Table 5 Demographic information of native and immigrant respondents
From: Malaria prevalence in Mangaluru city area in the southwestern coastal region of India
Study participants | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Immigrants | Native | Total | ||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 217 | 79.8 | 112 | 63.3 | 329 | 73.3 |
Female | 55 | 20.2 | 65 | 36.7 | 120 | 26.7 |
Age | ||||||
2–15 | 6 | 2.2 | 20 | 11.3 | 26 | 5.80 |
16–30 | 86 | 31.6 | 71 | 40.1 | 157 | 35 |
31–45 | 122 | 44.9 | 50 | 28.2 | 172 | 38.3 |
46–60 | 51 | 18.8 | 31 | 17.5 | 82 | 18.3 |
61–75 | 7 | 2.6 | 5 | 2.8 | 12 | 2.7 |
Education | ||||||
No formal education | 126 | 46.3 | 53 | 29.9 | 179 | 39.9 |
Primary | 100 | 36.8 | 67 | 37.9 | 167 | 37.2 |
Secondary | 44 | 16.2 | 50 | 28.2 | 94 | 20.9 |
Degree | 2 | 0.7 | 7 | 4.0 | 9 | 2.0 |
Occupation | ||||||
Construction worker | 211 | 77.6 | 39 | 22.0 | 250 | 55.7 |
Hotel worker | 10 | 3.7 | 7 | 4.0 | 17 | 3.8 |
Porter | 22 | 8.1 | 18 | 10.2 | 40 | 8.9 |
Student | 2 | 0.7 | 22 | 12.4 | 24 | 5.3 |
Others | 27 | 9.9 | 91 | 51.4 | 118 | 26.3 |
Screening time period | ||||||
Feb–March | 78 | 28.7 | 46 | 26.0 | 124 | 27.6 |
Aug–Sep | 106 | 39.0 | 73 | 41.2 | 179 | 39.9 |
Nov–Dec | 88 | 32.4 | 58 | 32.8 | 146 | 32.5 |
Previous history of malaria | ||||||
Yes | 111 | 41.0 | 90 | 50.8 | 201 | 44.80 |
No | 160 | 59.0 | 87 | 49.2 | 247 | 55 |