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Table 1 Weighted characteristics of adult study participants stratified by gender

From: Intestinal helminth infections and associated risk factors among adults in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Variables

Numbers

Men (n = 1254)

Women (n = 1546)

Total (n = 2800)

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

Age (year)

Mean age (95% CI)

2800

47.2

46.8–47.5

45.1

44.8–45.5

46.0

45.7–46.2

Age group

 18–29

459

11.9

11.1–12.8

16.5

15.6–17.5

14.6

14.0–15.2

 30–44

990

36.5

35.1–37.9

35.9

34.7–37.1

36.1

35.2–37.0

 45–59

927

31.7

30.5–33.0

35.0

33.8–36.2

33.6

32.8–34.5

 60–69

275

12.8

11.8–13.8

8.0

7.4–8.6

10.0

9.5–10.5

 ≥ 70

149

7.1

6.6–7.7

4.6

4.1–5.1

5.6

5.3–6.0

Ethnicity

 Minority

972

28.3

27.5–29.1

20.6

20.0–21.3

23.9

23.5–24.2

 Lao–Tai

1828

71.7

70.9–72.5

79.4

78.7–80.0

76.1

75.8–76.5

Living area

 Urban

986

50.6

49.5–51.7

54.9

54.1–55.7

53.1

53.0–53.2

 Rural area

1814

49.4

48.3–50.5

45.1

44.3–45.9

46.9

46.7–46.9

Region

 North

887

20.2

19.6–20.8

20.9

20.4–21.4

20.6

20.5–20.7

 Center

1331

64.3

63.4–65.2

61.6

60.9–62.3

62.7

62.6–62.8

 South

582

15.5

15.0–16.1

17.5

17.1–17.9

16.7

16.6–16.8

Education level

 University or higher

272

16.8

15.6–18.1

12.5

11.6–13.5

14.3

13.6–15.1

 Secondary school

1,242

38.4

37.1–39.6

41.5

40.4–42.6

40.2

39.4–41.0

 Primary school

751

36.5

35.1–38.0

26.2

25.1–27.4

30.6

29.7–31.5

 Non-formal education

535

8.3

7.8–8.9

19.8

19.0–20.6

14.9

14.4–15.4

Occupation

 Employee

667

37.8

36.4–39.2

31.6

30.4–32.8

34.2

33.4–35.0

 Unemployed

211

5.1

4.5–5.7

12.3

11.3–13.3

9.2

8.6–9.9

 Farmers

1,527

40.4

39.3–41.5

43.5

42.6–44.4

42.2

41.7–42.7

 Retired

395

16.7

15.8–17.6

12.6

11.8–13.4

14.4

13.8–14.9

Wealth index

 Richest

552

28.7

27.4–30.2

33.2

32.1–34.4

31.3

32.1–34.4

 Least poor

577

22.5

21.3–23.7

25.5

24.5–26.5

24.2

23.5–25.0

 Poor

578

18.1

17.2–19.0

18.9

18.1–19.7

18.5

18.0–19.1

 Poorer

552

16.9

16.1–17.6

12.6

12.0–13.2

14.4

14.0–14.8

 Poorest

541

13.8

13.1–14.5

9.8

9.3–10.3

11.5

11.2–11.8