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. 2010 Dec 30;5(12):e15691. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015691

Table 1. Comparative demographic and socio-economic status of women participating in impact surveys at each time point; statistical test results are not shown, since such tests require mixed model analysis.

Baseline1 3 months 12 months 30 months
Demographic/socioeconomic factor Total n Mean ± SD or Frequency (%) Total n Mean ± SD or Frequency (%) Total n Mean ± SD or Frequency (%) Total n Mean ± SD or Frequency (%)
Age 389 30.1±7.9 580 32.0±8.2 577 33.3±7.8 306 33.9±7.7
Marital status 389 575 526 306
Unmarried 54 (14%) 76 (13%) 38 (7%) 17 (6%)
Married 332 (85%) 494 (86%) 483 (92%) 283 (92%)
Widowed/divorced 3 (1%) 5 (1%) 5 (1%) 6 (2%)
Pregnant 389 7 (2%) 574 16 (3%) 523 21 (4%) 306 5 (2%)
No. of children 389 1.7±1.1 575 1.8±1.1 524 1.9±1.0 306 2.0±.9
Meat consumption 375 4.1±2.9 565 3.7±2.2 463 3.8±2.4 302 3.2±2.3
Education 385 573 508 306
none/primary (1–5) 86 (22%) 160 (28%) 128 (25%) 83 (27%)
6–9 years 215 (56%) 297 (52%) 288 (57%) 159 (52%)
>9 years 84 (22%) 116 (20%) 92 (18%) 64 (21%)
STH infection risk (work) 385 574 507* 306
Office, housewife,other (low) 55 (14%) 82 (14%) 29 (6%) 33 (11%)
Outdoors (high) 330 (86%) 492 (86%) 478 (94%) 273 (89%)
Ethnicity 388 575 530 305
Kinh 258 (66%) 324 (56%) 352 (66%) 194 (64%)
Other 130 (33%) 251 (44%) 178 (34%) 111 (36%)
Place of residence 389 582 577 306
Tran Yen 224 (58%) 268 (46%) 291 (50%) 168 (55%)
Yen Binh 165 (42%) 314 (54%) 286 (50%) 138 (45%)
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Represents baseline survey conducted in November 2005 prior to implementation of WIFS and de-worming in May 2006.