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. 2020 Sep 29;103(5):2012–2018. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0830

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of study population, May 2020, Tamil Nadu, India

N = 2,044 Pudukkottai (n = 722), n (%) Karur (n = 1,322), n (%) Total, n (%)
Age (years), mean (SD) 45 (14) 44 (15) 44 (14)
Female 346 (48) 608 (46) 954 (47)
No. of household members 4.2 (1.5) 3.8 (1.5) 3.9 (1.5)
Education
 None 140 (19) 223 (17) 363 (19)
 Primary (1–5 yr) 199 (28) 225 (17) 424 (21)
 Secondary (6–10 yr) 174 (24) 393 (30) 567 (28)
 High school (11–12 yr) 137 (19) 246 (19) 383 (19)
 University (12 yr+) 72 (10) 235 (18) 307 (15)
Toilet access
 None 231 (32) 358 (27) 589 (29)
 Private toilet 475 (66) 760 (57) 1,235 (60)
 Community toilet 6 (0.8) 6 (0.5) 12 (0.6)
 Public toilet 10 (1.4) 198 (15) 208 (10)
Water source
 In their own house 156 (22) 875 (66) 1,264 (62)
 In own plot/yard 389 (54) 143 (11) 299 (15)
 Elsewhere 177 (25) 304 (23) 481 (24)
Fuel
 LPH/gas stove 566 (78) 1,213 (92) 1,779 (87)
 Wood 142 (20) 85 (6.4) 227 (11)
 Kerosene 10 (1.4) 10 (0.8) 20 (0.9)
 Biogas 1 (0.1) 3 (0.2) 4 (0.2)

Data are n (%). LPH = low pressure heater.