Table 1 Background characteristics of the migrant households in regional artemisinin resistance initiative (RAI) areas of Myanmar, 2016 [N = 3230]
Variables | N | Proportiona | (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
Total | 3230 | 100 | – |
House hold size | |||
1–2 | 1153 | 35.7 | (33.8, 37.5) |
3–4 | 1254 | 38.8 | (36.9, 40.7) |
5–6 | 600 | 18.5 | (17.1, 20.1) |
>6 | 223 | 6.9 | (5.9, 7.8) |
Mean | 3230 | 3.4 | (3.3, 3.5) |
Housing status | |||
Own house | 1294 | 40.1 | (38.2, 41.9) |
Rental | 40 | 1.2 | (0.8, 1.6) |
Employer allowed place | 1624 | 50.3 | (48.3, 52.2) |
Not known | 272 | 8.4 | (7.2, 9.7) |
Main occupation of family | |||
Farming/gardening/rubber plantation work | 1231 | 38.1 | (36.2, 40.0) |
Stone mining work/brick kiln work | 817 | 25.3 | (23.5, 27.0) |
Merchant | 38 | 1.2 | (0.8, 1.5) |
Daily wage labourer | 572 | 17.7 | (16.3, 19.2) |
Not known | 572 | 17.7 | (16.2, 19.2) |
Migrant categoryb | |||
Category I | 756 | 23.4 | (21.8, 24.9) |
Category II | 982 | 30.4 | (28.6, 32.2) |
Category III | 1251 | 38.7 | (36.8, 40.6) |
Not known | 241 | 7.5 | (6.3, 8.6) |
Duration of intention to stay | |||
Less than 6 months | 415 | 12.8 | (11.4, 14.3) |
6 months to 1 year | 204 | 6.3 | (5.3, 7.3) |
More than 1 year | 366 | 11.3 | (10.2, 12.5) |
Not known | 2245 | 69.5 | (67.7, 71.4) |
Location of intent to go back | |||
Native place | 1263 | 39.1 | (37.2, 41.0) |
Another workplace within township | 195 | 6.1 | (5.2, 6.9) |
Another workplace another township | 72 | 2.2 | (1.7, 2.8) |
Not known | 1700 | 52.6 | (50.7, 54.6) |
Knowledge score | |||
Mean | 3230 | 5.2 | (5.1, 5.3) |