Table 1 Age and gender distribution of the study participants
Bioecological strata | Study site | Â | Age category (years) | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 5 n (%) | 5–9 n (%) | ≥ 10 n (%) | ||||
HWP | Bamenda | Gender | ||||
  F | 16 (43.2) | 10 (27.0) | 11 (29.7) | 37 | ||
  M | 19 (41.3) | 16 (34.8) | 11 (23.9) | 46 | ||
Total | 35 (42.2) | 26 (31.3) | 22 (26.5) | 83 | ||
C | Limbe | Gender | ||||
  F | 18 (40.9) | 16 (36.4) | 10 (22.7) | 44 | ||
  M | 22 (57.9) | 11 (28.9) | 5 (13.2) | 38 | ||
Total | 40 (48.8) | 27 (32.9) | 15 (18.3) | 82 | ||
SS | Maroua | Gender | ||||
  F | 18 (48.6) | 13 (35.1) | 6 (16.2) | 37 | ||
  M | 24 (53.3) | 16 (35.6) | 5 (11.1) | 45 | ||
Total | 42 (51.2) | 29 (35.4) | 11 (13.4) | 82 | ||
HIP | Ngaoundere | Gender | ||||
| Â | Â | Â Â F | 24 (60.0) | 11 (27.5) | 5 (12.5) | 40 |
  M | 25 (55.6) | 12 (26.7) | 8 (17.8) | 45 | ||
Total | 49 (57.7) | 23 (27.1) | 13 (15.3) | 85 | ||
SCEF | Yaoundé | Gender | ||||
  F | 11 (27.5) | 17 (42.5) | 12 (30.0) | 40 | ||
  M | 12 (27.9) | 12 (27.9) | 19 (44.2) | 43 | ||
Total | 23 (27.7) | 29 (34.9) | 31 (37.4) | 83 | ||
Total | Â | Gender | ||||
  F | 87 (43.9) | 67 (33.8) | 44 (22.2) | 198 | ||
  M | 102 (47.0) | 67 (30.9) | 48 (22.1) | 217 | ||
Total | 189 (45.5) | 134 (32.3) | 92 (22.2) | 415 | ||