Table 4.

Differences in length of trip by travel characteristics and immigrant status (N = 180)

Factor	Range (days)	Median	P
Typhoid	14–82	32	<0·001‡
Paratyphoid	6–365	34
Measles	7–730	18
HAV	4–104	32
HEV	16–73	31
Malaria	11–304	47·5
Chikungunya	6–300	16·5
VFR travellers	4–365	36	<0·001†
Other travellers	6–730	16
Australian-born/Australian-born parents	6–290	15	<0·001‡
Australian-born/immigrant parents	4–365	31
Immigrant Australians	7–730	32

HAV, Hepatitis A virus; HEV, hepatitis E virus; VFR, visiting friends and relatives.

^†Mann–Whitney U test.

^‡Kruskal–Wallis test.