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. 2018 Jun 27;13(6):e0199315. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199315

Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants.

Characteristic Level Frequencies
(N = 416)
Percentages
(%)
Sex Female 211 50.7
Male 205 49.3
Age Range 5–15 26 6.3
(Years) 16–35 272 65.4
36–60 107 25.7
>60 11 2.6
Marital Status Cohabiting 2 0.5
Married 256 61.5
Single 160 38.5
Education level Primary 72 17.3
Intermediate 77 18.5
Secondary 63 15.1
Higher Education 66 15.9
Illiterate 138 33.2
Religion Christian 356 85.6
Muslim 56 13.5
Others 4 1.0
Occupation Butcher 3 0.7
Business/Trader 15 3.6
Nurse/Midwife 4 1.0
Housewife 35 8.4
Student 120 28.8
Restaurant worker 29 7.0
Veterinary 5 1.2
Farmer 9 2.2
Jobless 40 9.6
Others 156 37.5
Ethnic Grouping Nilotic 179 43.0
Lou 47 11.3
Equatorian 19 4.6
Bantu 93 22.4
Arab 24 5.8
Fur 42 10.1
Falata 8 1.9
Others 4 1.0
Knowledge about zoonotic diseases No 371 89.2
Yes 45 10.8