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. 2010 Jun 3;5(6):e10930. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010930

Table 2. Key characteristics of survey households and household members.

Variables Mongkol Borei Sotnikum Kirivong All districts
Total number of households 2,000 2,000 1,975 5,975
Total household members 11,495 10,950 10,716 33,161
% of households by size
Households with 1-2 members 1.6 1.7 2.3 1.9
Households with 3-5 members 32.9 37.5 36.5 35.6
Households with 6-8 members 45.3 45.9 49.1 46.7
Households with ≥9 members 20.2 14.9 12.1 15.8
Average household size 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.5
Male-female sex ratio 0.99 0.93 0.95 0.96
% of household members by age group
0-4 years 8.5 9.1 8.0 8.5
5-14 years 23.8 22.8 22.8 23.2
15-24 years 25.1 25.5 25.9 25.5
25-44 years 24.0 25.3 24.1 24.5
45-64 years 13.8 13.2 14.1 13.7
65- years 4.8 4.1 5.2 4.7
Mean age (year)
Male 25.0 24.3 25.5 24.9
Female 27.3 26.8 27.7 27.2
% of household members aged >14 years by highest level of education
None/primary incomplete 65.2 75.3 57.1 65.9
Primary 22.8 16.2 28.0 22.4
Secondary 7.2 4.5 10.6 7.4
High school 2.0 1.7 2.3 2.0
% of household members aged >14 years able to read a newspaper
Yes 63.8 51.8 65.1 60.3
No 36.2 48.2 34.9 39.7
% of household members by employment status
Employed 58.9 62.7 59.0 60.2
Student 26.7 24.6 29.7 27.0
Unemployed/stay home/household tasks 13.2 11.4 10.7 11.7
Retired/unable to work/monk 1.2 1.2 0.6 1.0
Poorest quintile (n = 6,540) 15.2 24.6 19.7 19.8
2 (n = 6,711) 16.8 21.7 22.6 20.2
3 (n = 6,608) 20.5 19.8 19.5 20.0
4 (n = 6,636) 22.1 18.8 19.0 20.0
Richest quintile (n = 6,615) 25.4 15.0 19.2 20.0