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Table 1 Demographics of the study participants

From: Acceptability of a herd immunity-focused, transmission-blocking malaria vaccine in malaria-endemic communities in the Peruvian Amazon: an exploratory study

 

Cahuide

12 de Abril

La Habana

San José de Lupuna

Santa Rita

San Pedro

Total

Total households surveyed

 

48

17

13

28

22

15

143

 Gender

  Men

14

9

7

10

10

5

55

  Women

34

8

6

18

12

10

88

 Age

  18–30

14

3

4

7

2

3

33

  31–40

8

4

3

8

7

2

32

  41–50

7

4

2

3

6

3

25

  51–60

10

1

1

5

2

2

21

  61–70

6

2

3

3

1

4

19

  71 +

3

3

0

2

4

1

13

 Household characteristics

  Childless

3

0

2

1

0

0

6

  Average number of children (range)

4.6 (0–14)

4.8 (1–9)

4.3 (0–9)

3.6 (0–10)

4.4 (2–7)

5 (1–9)

4.4 (0–14)

  Households living with children < 18 years

37

12

12

22

15

11

109

  Average household size (range)

4.4 (1–9)

5.2 (1–13)

5 (2–9)

4.1 (2–7)

4.4 (1–8)

4.7 (1–12)

4.5 (1–13)

 Occupation

  Agriculture

21

10

8

9

14

6

68

  Homemaker

19

5

3

14

7

7

55

  Carpentry

1

1

0

1

0

0

3

  Sales

3

1

0

1

0

0

5

  Other

4

0

2

3

1

2

12

 Religion

  Catholic

24

11

5

15

10

14

79

  Evangelical

14

4

3

9

6

1

37

  None

6

1

5

3

1

0

16

  Other

4

1

0

1

5

0

11

 Education level

  No school

7

1

0

0

0

0

8

  Primary incomplete

16

7

6

12

13

6

60

  Primary complete

6

3

2

5

3

2

21

  Secondary incomplete

12

5

3

6

1

7

34

  Secondary complete

7

1

2

3

5

0

18

  Some university

0

0

0

2

0

0

2