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Table 2 Socio demographic characteristics of study participants, Ethiopia (n = 365)

From: Significant number of Plasmodium vivax mono-infections by PCR misidentified as mixed infections (P. vivax/P. falciparum) by microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests: malaria diagnostic challenges in Ethiopia

Variables

Category

Number

Percent %

Sex

   
 

Female

128

35.1

 

Male

237

64.9

Age

   
 

< 5

15

4.1

 

5–14

26

7.1

 

15–24

137

37.5

 

25–34

123

33.7

 

≥ 35

64

17.5

Residence

   
 

Rural

153

41.9

 

Urban

212

58.1

Marital status

   
 

Single

217

59.5

 

Married

145

39.7

 

Divorced

3

0.8

Study sites

   
 

Aribaminch

75

20.5

 

Shewarobit

70

19.2

 

Metehara

75

20.5

 

Gambella

75

20.5

 

Dubti

70

19.2