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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of survey respondents

From: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding malaria control among the slash and burn cultivators in Rangamati Hill tracts of Bangladesh

 

Area name

Total

N (%)

Kaptai

n (%)

Sadar

n (%)

Gender

 Male

79 (70.54)

39 (44.32)

118 (59.0)

 Female

33 (29.46)

49 (55.68)

82 (41.0)

Age (in years)

 18 to ≤ 39

42 (37.5)

47 (53.4)

89 (44.5)

 ≥ 40

70 (62.5)

41 (46.6)

111 (55.5)

Education level

 No schooling

14 (12.50)

28 (31.82)

42 (21.00)

 Unfinished primary

12 (10.71)

18 (20.45)

30 (15.00)

 Finished primary

27 (24.11)

18 (20.45)

45 (22.50)

 Unfinished secondary

24 (21.43)

12 (13.64)

36 (18.00)

 Finished secondary

30 (26.79)

8 (9.09)

38 (19.00)

 Higher secondary and above

5 (4.46)

4 (4.55)

9 (4.50)

Own any cultivable land

 No

59 (52.68)

31 (35.23)

90 (45.0)

 Yes

53 (47.32)

57 (64.77)

110 (55.0)

Poverty levela

 Poor

58 (51.79)

36 (40.91)

94 (47.0)

 Non-poor

54 (48.21)

52 (59.09)

106 (53.0)

  1. aThe Progress out of Poverty Index® (PPI®) tool was used in the study to measure the likelihood of the study households to fall below different poverty lines. The tool was validated and weighted using most recent household income and expenditure survey from different countries [20]. The likelihood of people falling under the poverty line was measured using the 2005 international purchasing power parity of less than $2.00/day