Table 1.
Main characteristics of surveyed population in Laos in 2007
| Urban* 164 (15%) |
Semi-U* 364 (33%) |
Rural* 570 (52%) |
p | Total 1098 |
95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex F | 58.5% | 57.4% | 53.5% | 0.3 | 55.5% | 52-58 |
| Age (years) | 45.0 +/- 13.5 | 41.5 +/- 13 | 41.47 +/- 13 | 0.008 | 42.0 +/- 13.5 | 41-43 |
| Illiterate | 7.3% | 10.9% | 10% | < 0.000 | 10.2% | 8-11.9 |
| Occupationμ | ||||||
| -Housewife | 28.6% | 8.5% | 10% | < 0.000 | 12.3% | 10.4-14 |
| -Trader | 17.0% | 15.0% | 15.9% | > 0.5 | 15.6% | 13.5-17.9 |
| -Farmer | 0 | 43.6% | 39.6% | < 0.000 | 35.0% | 32-37 |
| -Civil Servant | 12.2% | 10.9% | 12.1% | 0.8 | 11.7% | 9.9-13 |
| -Worker | 12.8% | 6.8% | 5.7% | 0.2 | 7.3 | 5.9-9.0 |
| -None | 5.4% | 3.5% | 5.1% | 0.48 | 4.6% | 3-6 |
*Defined according to Lao Census 2005: i)Urban: People living in the main cities of Vientiane and Savannakhet and performed no rural activities, ii)Semi U: semi rural people living near the main cities with rural activities, iii)rural people living in the countryside. μMain occupations
95% CI: 95% Confidence Interval