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Table 1 Proportion of study participants who made a trip, by trip destination (on the Thai versus Myanmar side of the border or to another village versus forested area) and time (daytrips versus overnight trips)

From: Human population movement and behavioural patterns in malaria hotspots on the Thai–Myanmar border: implications for malaria elimination

Characteristic of movement

Cluster I (n = 249)

Cluster II (n = 277)

Dry

Wet

Dry

Wet

%

\(\overline{d}\)

%

\(\overline{d}\)

%

\(\overline{d}\)

%

\(\overline{d}\)

Move within village

10.04

 

16.87

 

31.05

 

37.18

 

Move-out to others

89.96

 

83.13

 

68.95

 

62.82

 

Visiting side

 Thai

76.31

7.18

73.09

7.70

65.34

6.86

62.82

8.84

 Myanmar

43.78

2.28

44.18

4.27

6.50

0.23

1.08

0.08

Visiting place

 Village

69.88

3.68

49.80

2.94

55.23

2.28

50.18

3.37

 Forest

72.29

6.38

66.67

9.04

48.74

4.28

49.10

5.55

Type of trip

 Daytrip

88.35

9.12

81.53

11.23

64.62

5.58

60.29

7.18

 Overnight

19.28

0.95

10.04

0.74

39.35

1.52

25.99

1.74

  1. The proportions do not add up to 100% because individual participants engaged in multiple trip types (e.g. individuals are capable of both making trips to the Thai side and the Myanmar side). (\(\overline{d}\)) indicates the mean number of days by trip type
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