Table 1.

Characteristics of participants in a cross-sectional carriage and contact survey in Fiji, 2015.

Characteristics	iTaukei	Fijian of Indian Descent	Pb
	(n = 1212a)	(n = 802a)
Male, n (%)	511 (42.2)	319 (39.8)	0.29
Participant group, n (%)			0.95
Young infants	303 (25.0)	193 (24.1)
Toddlers	301 (24.8)	197 (24.6)
Young children	303 (25.0)	207 (25.8)
Caregivers	305 (25.2)	205 (25.5)
Residence, n (%)			0.29
Urban	641 (52.9)	405 (50.5)
Rural	571 (47.1)	397 (49.5)
Symptoms of URTI, n (%)	393 (32.4)	163 (20.3)	<0.01
Antibiotics in past fortnight, n (%)	43 (3.6)	18 (2.2)	0.09
Exposure to household cigarette smoke, n (%)	658 (54.3)	429 (53.5)	0.73
Povertyc, n (%)	631 (52.1)	426 (53.1)	0.64
Household size, mean (95% CI)
All ages	8.1 (7.9, 8.3)	5.7 (5.6, 5.8)	<0.01
Aged <18 years	3.8 (3.7, 4.0)	2.3 (2.2, 2.4)	<0.01
Aged <5 years	2.1 (2.1, 2.2)	1.4 (1.4, 1.5)	<0.01
PCV10 vaccinatedd, n %)	375 (30.9)	238 (29.7)	0.55
Pneumococcal carriage, n/N; % (95% CI)
Overalle	538/1195; 45.0 (42.2, 47.9)	108/797; 13.5 (11.2, 16.1)	<0.01
PCV10 serotypesf	85/1182; 9.0 (7.5, 10.8)	29/796; 3.6 (2.4, 5.2)	<0.01
Non-PCV10 serotypesg	476/1182; 38.3 (35.5, 41.2)	80/796; 10.0 (8.5, 12.3)	<0.01
Pneumococcal densityh n; median (IQR)	538; 4.9 (4.0, 5.7)	108; 4.7 (3.9, 5.5)	0.16

URTI: upper respiratory tract infection.

^aUnless otherwise indicated.

^b$\chi$² test and t-tests compared categorical and continuous variables, respectively.

^cFamily income <FJ$175/wk. [23].

^dReceived at least two doses of PCV10.

^eAny pneumococci, including non-encapsulated pneumococci.

^fPneumococci included in PCV10 (serotypes 1, 4, 5, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, and 23F).

^gPneumococcal serotypes not included in PCV10, nor serotype 6A, including non-encapsulated pneumococci.

^hIncludes only participants who were pneumococcal carriers.