Table 1.
Frequency distribution of the sociodemographic data of leprosy cases and their household contacts.
| Sociodemographic data | Cases (n = 26) |
Household contacts (n = 44) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Sex | Male | 16 | 61.5 | 21 | 47.7 |
| Female | 10 | 38.5 | 23 | 52.3 | |
| Age | 0 to 15 | 1 | 3.8 | 10 | 22.7 |
| 16 to 35 | 5 | 19.2 | 11 | 25.0 | |
| 36 to 55 | 8 | 30.8 | 14 | 31.8 | |
| >55 | 12 | 46.2 | 9 | 20.5 | |
| Level of schooling | Illiterate | 1 | 3.8 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Incomplete Elementary School | 17 | 65.5 | 18 | 40.9 | |
| Complete Elementary School | 3 | 11.5 | 5 | 11.4 | |
| High School | 4 | 15.4 | 14 | 31.8 | |
| Higher Education | 1 | 3.8 | 4 | 9.1 | |
| Postgraduate Education | – | – | 2 | 4.5 | |
| Marital status | Single | 5 | 19.2 | 19 | 43.2 |
| Married | 12 | 46.2 | 18 | 40.9 | |
| Separated/Divorced | – | – | 2 | 4.5 | |
| Widowed | 2 | 7.7 | 1 | 2.3 | |
| Common-law marriage | 7 | 26.9 | 4 | 9.1 | |
| Employment status | Employed | 14 | 53.8 | 22 | 50.0 |
| Unemployed | 6 | 23.1 | 17 | 38.6 | |
| Retired/medical leave | 6 | 23.1 | 5 | 11.4 | |
| Housing status | Owned house | 17 | 65.4 | 37 | 84.1 |
| Rented house | 9 | 34.6 | 7 | 15.9 | |