TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of the 2 groups of the study population
| Exposed | Unexposed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (total) | Value1 | n (total) | Value1 | P value2 | |
| Age, y | 524 | 22 (16–40) | 407 | 22 (16–40) | 0.381 |
| Male | 524 | 52.1 | 407 | 50.6 | 0.351 |
| Education level | 515 | 405 | |||
| None | 27.8 | 20.0 | |||
| Primary | 37.1 | 33.6 | <0.001 | ||
| Secondary | 34.2 | 42.0 | |||
| University | 1.0 | 4.4 | |||
| Occupational category | 479 | 359 | |||
| Executive | 3.1 | 7.5 | |||
| Administrative + office worker | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.137 | ||
| Farmer + fisher + market vendor | 64.9 | 62.1 | |||
| Unskilled workers | 31.1 | 29.3 | |||
| Living conditions | |||||
| A. Housing (wall + roof + cement floor + water + toilet) | 524 | 407 | |||
| Precarious | 33.4 | 21.1 | |||
| Average | 63.5 | 74.4 | <0.001 | ||
| Good | 3.1 | 4.4 | |||
| B. Material possessions (sum of all possessions) | 524 | 407 | |||
| Few (≤3 possessions) | 81.7 | 82.8 | |||
| Average (4–6 possessions) | 18.1 | 17.2 | 0.848 | ||
| Many (>6 possessions) | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||
| C. Land ownership (yes) | 524 | 59.9 | 407 | 67.8 | 0.013 |
| Socioeconomic status (education + living conditions + occupation) | 472 | 357 | |||
| Low | 64.0 | 55.5 | |||
| Average | 33.1 | 37.8 | 0.007 | ||
| High | 3.0 | 6.7 | |||
| Diet diversity score | 524 | 407 | |||
| Insufficient | 11.1 | 6.9 | |||
| Borderline | 39.3 | 31.7 | <0.001 | ||
| Satisfactory | 49.6 | 61.4 | |||
1
Values are medians (minimum–maximum) or percentages unless otherwise indicated.
2
P value calculated with ordinal logistic regression for ordinal variables.