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. 2020 Apr 6;14(4):e0008149. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008149

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of the respondents interviewed in private houses.

Hinterland Coastal regions
Region 1
N (freq.)
Region 8
N (freq.)
Region 4
N (freq.)
Region 6
N (freq.)
Wealth index
1st quintile (poorest) 36 (24.49%) 28 (24.35%) 16 (12.21%) 20 (19.23%)
2nd quintile 37 (25.17%) 16 (13.91%) 29 (22.14%) 17 (16.35%)
3rd quintile 17 (11.56%) 19 (16.52%) 36 (27.48%) 30 (28.84%)
4th quintile 28 (19.05%) 22 (19.13%) 26 (19.85%) 22 (21.15%)
5th quintile (richest) 29 (19.73%) 30 (26.09%) 24 (18.32%) 15 (14.42%)
Education
No formal education 8 (5.44%) 3 (2.61%) 0 0
Primary 47 (31.97%) 45 (39.13%) 28 (21.37%) 25 (24.04%)
Secondary 82 (55.78%) 64 (55.65%) 99 (75.57%) 67 (64.42%)
University 10 (6.80%) 3 (2.61%) 4 (3.05%) 12 (11.54%)
Sex
Female 99 (67.35%) 93 (80.87%) 109 (83.21%) 76 (73.08%)
Male 48 (32.65%) 22 (19.13%) 22 (16.79%) 28 (26.92%)
Sample size (N) 147 115 131 104

Legend: freq = frequency.