Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of the Bankim Health District population.
| Health Areas | ||||||||
| Characteristic | AT | SG | SO | NY | BD | BA | BR | Total |
| Individuals | ||||||||
| Inhabitants surveyed (n) | 7 621 | 11 346 | 7 308 | 5 602 | 5 421 | 8 514 | 3 150 | 48 962 |
| Age in years (mean ± SD) | 19.9±17.0 | 19.8±17.2 | 20.2±18.2 | 18.2±16.3 | 17.4±16.5 | 19.3±16.1 | 19.1±16.5 | 19.3±17.0 |
| Gender (% female) | 49.8 | 50.9 | 52.9 | 53.1 | 51.7 | 51.1 | 51.1 | 51.4 |
| Education* (%) | 62.2 | 64.9 | 55.9 | 53.8 | 49.8 | 72.0 | 61.5 | 61.2 |
| Religion (%) | ||||||||
| Christian | 72.9 | 65.2 | 61.2 | 59.6 | 52.2 | 70.6 | 69.6 | 64.9 |
| Muslim | 26.7 | 34.6 | 38.8 | 40.4 | 47.8 | 28.7 | 30.2 | 34.8 |
| Profession (%) | ||||||||
| Farming | 25.6 | 13.3 | 17.0 | 12.5 | 13.7 | 12.7 | 32.9 | 16.9 |
| Fishing | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 |
| Household work | 13.4 | 21.3 | 21.9 | 18.9 | 21.6 | 13.3 | 4.1 | 17.4 |
| Student | 32.9 | 33.6 | 26.8 | 30.6 | 24.0 | 40.5 | 33.2 | 32.2 |
| Child | 21.3 | 22.4 | 27.5 | 26.1 | 32.6 | 16.2 | 23.0 | 23.5 |
| Households | ||||||||
| Number of households (n) | 1788 | 2100 | 1332 | 1053 | 942 | 1532 | 597 | 9344 |
| Individuals per household (mean ± SD) | 4.3±2.9 | 5.4±2.9 | 5.5±3.3 | 5.3±3.0 | 5.8±3.7 | 5.6±3.4 | 5.3±2.9 | 5.3±3.2 |
| Mosquito net** (%) | 16.1 | 22.3 | 28.6 | 36.9 | 31.6 | 21.8 | 57.6 | 26.8 |
| Clean drinking water*** (%) | 27.0 | 34.5 | 47.9 | 17.2 | 25.0 | 76.7 | 23.2 | 38.3 |
| Concrete or mood walls (%) | 99.1 | 97.3 | 98.6 | 99.2 | 91.3 | 98.8 | 98.5 | 97.8 |
| Tile or metal sheet roof (%) | 40.6 | 40.8 | 32.0 | 39.4 | 31.4 | 78.1 | 42.8 | 44.7 |
| Cemented or tailed floor (%) | 8.0 | 10.9 | 7.8 | 9.7 | 6.8 | 41.6 | 11.6 | 14.3 |
*
Attended school anytime during their life.
**
Lived in household with a mosquito net.
***
Had access to drinking water from a tap or a concrete fortified well.
SD: standard deviation.
AT = Atta.
SG = Songkolong.
SO = Somié.
NY = Nyamboya.
BD = Bandam.
BA = Bankim Urban.
BR = Bankim Rural.