Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the residents participated in echinococcosis knowledge, attitudes and practices survey in Xizang Autonomous Region, China (N = 840)

Variables	Category	n	%
Age (years)	≤20	38	4.5
	21~30	184	21.9
	31~40	256	30.5
	41~50	145	17.3
	51~60	123	14.6
	61~70	76	9.0
	>70	18	2.1
Gender	Male	478	56.9
	Female	362	43.1
Education level	Illiterate	378	45.0
	Primary	351	41.8
	Secondary	59	7.0
	University	52	6.2
Principle occupation	Farmers	415	49.4
	Herdsmen	274	32.6
	Other	50	6.0
	Cadres or professional technicians	43	5.1
	Workers	30	3.6
	Students	28	3.3