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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 6.
Published in final edited form as: Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Jan 6;114(1):49–56. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trz102

Table 1. Demographic characteristics.

Questionnaire Interviews
Age mean [min-max] (n, %) 36.0 [18-76] 38.9 [22-71]
18 - 30 33 (44.0%) 8 (30.8%)
31 - 45 25 (33.3%) 10 (38.5%)
46 - 60 11 (14.7%) 5 (19.2%)
>60 6 (8.0%) 3 (11.5%)

Sex (n, %)
Female 48 (64.0%) 11 (42.3%)
Male 27 (36.0%) 15 (57.7%)

Religion (n, %)
Catholic 29 (38.9%) --
Animism 26 (34.7%) --
Muslim 8 (10.6%) --
Protestant 8 (10.6%) --
Evangelic 4 (5.2%) --

Ethnicity (n, %)
Bijagós 65 (86.7%) --
Mandinga 6 (8.0%) --
Pepel 3 (4.0%) --
Balanta 1 (1.3%) --

Occupation (n, %)
Farming 61 (81.3%) --
Fishing 7 (9.3%) --
Teacher 3 (4.0%) --
Student 1 (1.4%) --
Other 3 (4.0%) --

Education (n, %)
Illiterate 20 (26.7%) 5 (19.2%)
Primary school 16 (21.3%) 7 (26.9%)
High school or superior 39 (52.0%) 14 (53.9%)