Table 1.

Socio-demographic and incarceration characteristics of inmates and seroprevalence of T. gondii infection

Characteristic	Subjects testeda	Prevalence of T. gondii infection		P value
	No.	No.	%
Gender
Male	127	29	22.8	0.31
Female	39	6	15.4
Age groups (years)
30 or younger	83	20	24.1	0.6
31–50	69	12	17.4
>50	14	3	21.4
Birth place
Durango State	119	16	13.4	0.0001
Other Mexican state or abroad	47	19	40.4
Residence
Durango State	133	22	16.5	0.003
Other Mexican State	33	13	39.4
Marital status
Single	45	4	8.9	0.003
Married	70	12	17.1
Divorced	4	0	0.0
Living together	40	15	37.5
Widowed	6	3	50.0
Occupation
Laborerb	151	33	21.9	0.73
Non-laborerc	15	2	13.3
Socio-economic level
Low	105	20	19.0	0.69
Medium	51	12	23.5
High	3	1	33.3
Jail section
A	23	5	21.7	0.51
B	3	0	0.0
C	38	6	15.8
D	40	7	17.5
E	62	17	27.4
Number of incarcerations
One	128	30	23.4	0.25
Two or more	38	5	13.2
Duration (years) of current incarceration
0.5–1	45	9	20.0	0.88
1.1–2	56	12	21.4
2.1–3	23	6	26.1
3.1–5	26	6	23.1
More than 5	16	2	12.5
aSubjects with available data bLaborer: Agriculture, construction worker, business, driver, factory worker, other cNon-laborer: student or housekeeping