Table 5. Summary of study participant characteristics, agricultural practices, and housing by village, Darien, Panama.
| Variable | Village | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamarindo (n = 176) | Aruza (n = 167) | El Real (n = 250) | Mercadeo (n = 103) | Pijivasal/ Pirre 1&2 (n = 74) | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age quintiles | ||||||||||
| 2–9 | 27 | (15.3) | 36 | (21.6) | 60 | (24.0) | 29 | (28.2) | 20 | (27.0) |
| 10–15 | 26 | (14.8) | 25 | (15.0) | 45 | (18.0) | 30 | (29.1) | 14 | (18.9) |
| 16–29 | 43 | (24.4) | 42 | (25.2) | 36 | (14.4) | 17 | (16.5) | 22 | (29.7) |
| 30–48 | 50 | (28.4) | 36 | (21.6) | 40 | (16.0) | 18 | (17.5) | 8 | (10.8) |
| ≥49 | 30 | (17.1) | 28 | (16.8) | 69 | (27.6) | 9 | (8.7) | 10 | (13.5) |
| Male | 94 | (53.4) | 89 | (53.3) | 114 | (45.6) | 51 | (49.5) | 37 | (50.0) |
| Female | 82 | (46.6) | 78 | (46.7) | 136 | (54.4) | 52 | (50.5) | 37 | (50.0) |
| Migrants1 | 88 | (50.0) | 69 | (41.3) | 61 | (24.3) | 11 | (10.7) | 16 | (21.6) |
| Activities | ||||||||||
| Farming | 57 | (32.4) | 48 | (28.7) | 19 | (7.6) | 14 | (13.6) | 15 | (20.3) |
| Fishing | 13 | (7.4) | 21 | (12.6) | 19 | (7.6) | 16 | (15.5) | 15 | (20.3) |
| Land use | ||||||||||
| Pasture | 9 | (5.1) | 29 | (17.4) | 3 | (1.2) | 1 | (1.0) | 5 | (6.8) |
| Rice | 52 | (29.6) | 51 | (30.5) | 27 | (10.8) | 31 | (30.1) | 27 | (36.5) |
| Maiz | 59 | (33.5) | 65 | (38.9) | 24 | (9.6) | 27 | (26.2) | 23 | (31.1) |
| Livestock | ||||||||||
| Poultry | 152 | (86.4) | 117 | (70.1) | 105 | (42.0) | 79 | (76.7) | 69 | (93.2) |
| Pig | 100 | (56.8) | 83 | (49.7) | 2 | (0.8) | 0 | (0) | 15 | (20.3) |
| Cattle | 48 | (27.3) | 83 | (49.7) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 5 | (6.8) |
| Horse | 115 | (65.3) | 104 | (62.3) | 6 | (2.4) | 13.6 | (13.6) | 20 | (27.0) |
| House features | ||||||||||
| Wooden floors2 | 19 | (10.8) | 66 | (39.5) | 114 | (45.4) | 103 | (100) | 70 | (94.6) |
| Wooden walls3 | 165 | (93.8) | 154 | (92.2) | 188 | (75.2) | 73 | (70.9) | 60 | (81.1) |
| Glass windows4 | 7 | (4.0) | 3 | (1.8) | 83 | (33.2) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Corrugated metal roof5 | 95 | (54.0) | 122 | (73.1) | 246 | (98.0) | 78 | (75.7) | 68 | (91.9) |
| Municipal waste6 | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 176 | (70.1) | 6 | (5.8) | 0 | (0) |
| Piped water7 | 165 | (93.8) | 111 | (66.5) | 235 | (94.0) | 46 | (44.7) | 0 | (0) |
| Electricity | 141 | (80.1) | 48 | (28.7) | 237 | (94.8) | 74 | (71.8) | 70 | (94.6) |
1 Migrants from a different province, mostly Herrera and Los Santos
2 Other floor types were: cement, tile, dirt
3 Other wall types were: cement, corrugated metal, mud
4 Other window types were: open windows, wooden shutters
5 Other roofing materials were: thatch, tile
6 Other waste disposal methods were: burying, burning, local garbage heap, disposing of waste into river
7 Other means of acquiring water were: wells, river, rain water collection