Table 1.

Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of study participants by village

	Mnara	Mbarkia	Dhouibet	Msaadia	Ksour	Total
Variables	(n = 397)	(n = 266)	(n = 441)	(n = 348)	(n = 627)	(n = 2079)
Median Age (IRQ) (years)	20 (13–44)	26 (12–43)	25 (14–43)	26 (15–43)	24 (11–39)	25 (13–43)
Females (%)	53 (47–59)	51 (45–57)	56 (51–60)	56 (50–61)	50 (45–55)	52 (50–55)
Education (%)
Under school age	2 (0–3)	3 (1–5)	3 (2–5)	2 (0–4)	4 (2–5)	3 (2–4)
Illiterate	21 (16–26)	8 (5–12)	15 (11–19)	16 (13–20)	18 (14–22)	16 (14–18)
Primary	45 (39–52)	53 (45–60)	53 (47–58)	52 (46–58)	55 (49–61)	52 (49–55)
Secondary	27 (21–32)	32 (25–39)	27 (22–32)	26 (20–32)	22 (17–27)	26 (24–29)
University	5 (1–9)	4 (1–8)	2 (0–3)	3 (1–5)	1 (0–2)	3 (2–4)
Farming occupation (%)	2 (0–4)	3 (1–6)	5 (2–7)	2 (0–4)	4 (2–6)	3 (2–4)
Yearly income (%)
(1,000USD)
< 1.5	91 (85–97)	74 (63–84)	89 (84–95)	85 (77–93)	98 (95–100)	89 (86–92)
≥ 1.5	8 (2–14)	26 (16–37)	11 (5–16)	15 (7–23)	3 (0–5)	11 (8–14)

IRQ: Interquartile range.

Note: data are percentage (95% Confidence Interval).

(Counts reflect weighting).