Table 4.

Traveler profiles presented by demographics (destination, sex, age, duration of travel, purpose of travel) with travel behavior in bivariable analysis for 460 travelers. Results are given in percentages with the largest group shown in bold

	Number (%)	Destination %				Sex %			Age group (years) %					Duration of travel (days) %				Purpose of travel %
		Africa	Asia	other	p-value	male	female	p-value	0–17	18–35	36–55	56–	p-value	1–7	8–29	30–160	p-value	vacation	business	other	p-value
Age group (missing data = 0)					<0.001*			0.833									<0.001*				0.056
0–17	35 (8)	8	7	11		8	7							30	7	3		9	0	3
18–35	196 (43)	32	55	41		43	42							22	36	72		42	37	61
36–55	120 (26)	30	23	23		27	25							33	29	13		26	39	16
56–	109 (24)	31	15	25		21	25							15	28	12		24	24	21
Duration of travel, days (missing data = 0)					<0.001*			0.473					<0.001*								<0.001d*
1–7	27 (6)	2	6	20		7	5		23	3	8	4						6	13	0
8–29	334 (73)	81	63	73		72	73		69	61	82	85						79	53	29
30–160	99 (22)	17	31	7		20	22		9	36	11	11						15	34	71
Purpose of travel (missing data = 1) a					0.034d*			0.002*					0.056				<0.001d*
vacation	383 (84)	78	88	91		86	82		97	81	83	84		81	91	60
business	37 (8)	12	5	4		11	7		0	7	13	8		19	6	13
other/multiple	35 (8)	10	7	5		3	11		3	12	5	7		0	3	27
Accommodation (missing data = 11) b					<0.001*			0.008*					<0.001*				<0.001*				<0.001*
hotel	188 (42)	39	40	61		46	40		34	31	50	55		85	46	15		44	45	18
home of a local	71 (16)	23	9	14		9	20		26	16	11	17		15	12	29		12	16	50
guest house	190 (42)	39	52	25		45	41		40	53	39	28		0	42	56		44	39	32
Location (missing data = 22) b					<0.001*			0.083					0.088				<0.001*				0.494
city	143 (33)	24	34	57		28	36		44	27	36	38		88	31	23		33	38	25
countryside/jungle	295 (67)	76	66	43		72	64		56	73	66	62		12	69	77		67	62	75
Used other than bottled water (missing data = 3) b	25 (5)	8	3	5	0.144	6	5	0.499	3	4	8	6	0.373	0	5	7	0.336	5	11	5	0.379d
Ate uncooked meat/fish (missing data = 4)	58 (13)	9	16	18	0.045*	11	14	0.446	6	17	13	6	0.016*	4	12	18	0.080	13	13	11	0.961d
Ate salads (missing data = 26)	341 (79)	77	78	85	0.427	79	78	0.904	59	83	81	74	0.009*	69	78	83	0.288	80	70	78	0.404
Diet (missing data = 159)					0.087			0.018*					0.010*				0.288				1.000d
omnivore	274 (91)	92	88	100		96	88		100	85	92	97		100	92	88		91	91	93
vegetarian	27 (9)	8	12	0		4	12		0	15	8	3		0	8	13		9	9	7
Used milk as part of diet (missing data = 161)	293 (98)	99	97	96	0.226d	99	97	0.426d	96	98	99	97	0.599d	100	99	96	0.347d	98	100	100	1.000d
Site of meals (missing data = 12) b					<0.001*			0.099					<0.001*				0.660				0.042*
restaurant more than 50 %	372 (83)	70	96	87		87	81		53	86	86	83		89	83	81		84	83	68
own household and sometimes elsewhere	76 (17)	30	4	13		13	19		47	14	14	17		11	17	19		16	17	32
Alcohol consumption (missing data = 67) c					0.112			<0.001*					0.001*				0.117				0.025*
0–2 units per day	281 (61)	72	74	59		61	78		100	70	64	71		65	69	80		70	64	91
3– units per day	112 (24)	28	26	41		39	22		0	30	36	29		35	31	20		30	36	9
Did not always use utensils (missing data = 23)	126 (29)	28	34	18	0.070	28	29	0.877	39	40	24	10	<0.001*	17	22	55	<0.001*	26	39	49	0.004*
Did not wash hands always/often (missing data = 13)	61 (14)	10	16	18	0.147	17	12	0.138	9	21	9	7	0.001*	11	13	17	0.573	14	14	11	0.840
No WC as a toilet (missing data = 7)	74 (16)	22	13	5	0.004*	17	16	0.747	16	19	18	10	0.235	0	16	21	0.037*	16	14	24	0.411
Had fresh water contact (missing data = 160)	109 (36)	27	47	28	0.001*	38	35	0.584	26	50	33	14	<0.001*	6	31	59	<0.001*	37	24	46	0.243
Walking barefoot often/sometimes (missing data = 7)	322 (71)	64	80	69	0.002*	74	69	0.326	88	79	68	55	<0.001*	65	70	77	0.359	74	59	55	0.015*
Unprotected sex with local (missing data = 27)	8 (2)	4	1	0	0.067d	2	2	1.000d	0	1	4	1	0.239d	0	2	3	0.632d	2	0	3	0.587d
Other close contact with local (kissing / sharing meals) (missing data = 26)	82 (19)	23	17	9	0.055	17	20	0.336	18	25	19	8	0.007*	8	15	36	<0.001*	17	24	33	0.039*
Had insect stings (missing data = 22)	335 (76)	75	81	67	0.058	75	77	0.657	59	88	75	62	<0.001*	19	77	93	<0.001*	76	65	91	0.032*

^a 14 (3 %) reported two or more purposes of travel

^b Categorized according to lowest standard

^c Missing data for children under 16 years was replaced with 0 alcohol servings per day

^d Fisher's exact test used

* P-value less than 0.05