Table 1.

Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of enrolled febrile pediatric and adult patients

	Pediatric (1–14 years) (N = 70)	Adult (15+ years) (N = 135)	Total (N = 205)
Indicator	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Gender
Female	28 (40.0%)	42 (31.1%)	70 (34.1%)
Age (years)
Median (IQR)	5.3 (2.7–8.8)	29.8 (23.2–38.2)	23.0 (8.5–33.3)
Mean (SD)	6.1 (3.9)	32.4 (12.8)	23.4 (16.4)
Residence
Live on estate grounds	44 (62.9%)	107 (79.3%)	151 (73.7%)
Live outside estate grounds	26 (37.1%)	28 (20.7%)	54 (26.3%)
Education level
Under age for formal education	34 (48.6%)	0 (0%)	34 (16.6%)
No formal education	14 (20%)	5 (3.7%)	53 (25.9%)
Incomplete primary school	20 (28.6%)	10 (7.4%)	30 (14.6%)
Completed primary school	1 (1.4%)	79 (58.5%)	80 (39%)
Incomplete secondary school	0 (0%)	6 (4.4%)	6 (2.9%)
Completed secondary school	0 (0%)	32 (23.7%)	32 (15.6%)
Completed vocational school and/or university	0 (0%)	3 (2.2%)	3 (1.5%)
Residence status
Full time	69 (98.6%)	101 (74.8%)	170 (82.9%)
Part time (seasonal)	1 (1.4%)	33 (24.4%)	34 (16.6%)
Part time (weekends)	0 (0%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.5%)
Occupation at Illovo estate
Sugarcane cutting	0 (0%)	40 (29.6%)	40 (19.5%)
Weeding	0 (0%)	17 (12.6%)	17 (8.3%)
Factory work	0 (0%)	14 (10.4%)	14 (6.8%)
Managerial work	0 (0%)	3 (2.2%)	3 (1.5%)
Security work	0 (0%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.5%)
Other estate work	0 (0%)	13 (9.6%)	13 (6.3%)
Not used by the estate	0 (0%)	46 (34.1%)	46 (22.4%)
Wealth quintile (based on household possessions)
1 (poorest)	8 (11.4%)	39 (28.9%)	47 (22.9%)
2	21 (30%)	35 (25.9%)	56 (27.3%)
3	5 (7.1%)	16 (11.9%)	21 (10.2%)
4	17 (24.3%)	23 (17%)	40 (19.5%)
5 (wealthiest)	19 (27.1%)	22 (16.3%)	41 (20%)

IQR = interquartile range; SD = standard deviation.