Table I.
Demographics of the surveyed PWA and the non-PWA reference group
| Variable | PWA (N = 50) |
Non-PWA reference group (N = 99) |
Χ2-test (P value) | Odds ratios (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Mean Age | 37.9 (SD 14.8) | 38.4 (SD 13.134) | −0.23 (.82)∗ | |
| Sex | 0.19 (.66) | |||
| Male | 19 (38%) | 34 (34%) | ||
| Female | 31 (62%) | 65 (66%) | ||
| Ethnicity | 0.51 (.48) | |||
| Motswana | 50 (100%) | 98 (99%) | ||
| Religion | 1.02 (.31) | |||
| Christian | 50 (100%) | 97 (98%) | ||
| Marital status | 27.91 (<.0001) | |||
| Single | 28 (56%) | 69 (71%) | ||
| Married | 9 (18%) | 28 (29%) | ||
| Divorced/Separated | 2 (4%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Cohabitating | 11 (22%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Number of children | 3.62 (.16) | |||
| None | 19 (38%) | 23 (23%) | 2.03 (0.97-4.23) | |
| 1 to 3 | 25 (50%) | 60 (61%) | ||
| 4 or more | 6 (12%) | 16 (16%) | ||
| Children with albinism | 0.44 (.51) | |||
| Yes | 1 (3%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| No | 30 (97%) | 75 (99%) | ||
| Number of Siblings | 6.66 (.04) | |||
| None | 0 (0%) | 7 (7%) | ||
| 1 to 3 | 15 (30%) | 40 (41%) | ||
| 4 or more | 35 (70%) | 50 (52%) | 2.19 (1.06-4.52) | |
| Relatives with albinism | 52.75 (<.0001) | |||
| Yes | 31 (62%) | 7 (7%) | 21.44 (8.23-55.86) | |
| No | 19 (38%) | 92 (93%) | ||
| Residence location | 6.98 (.03) | |||
| Urban city center | 14 (28%) | 41 (42%) | ||
| Semi-urban village† | 13 (26%) | 32 (33%) | ||
| Rural village | 23 (46%) | 24 (25%) | 2.59 (1.26-5.34) | |
| Distance from capital | 10.04 (.02) | |||
| <20 km | 15 (30%) | 51 (55%) | ||
| 20-100 km | 19 (38%) | 27 (29%) | ||
| 100-300 km | 2 (4%) | 3 (3%) | ||
| >300 km | 14 (28%) | 11 (12%) | 2.86 (1.19-6.92) | |
| Education | 10.12 (.02) | |||
| None to primary | 9 (18%) | 10 (10%) | 2.31 (1.15-4.62) | |
| Secondary | 21 (42%) | 29 (29%) | ||
| University | 18 (36%) | 38 (38%) | ||
| Other and vocation | 2 (4%) | 22 (22%) | ||
| Desire to achieve higher education | 0.40 (.52) | |||
| Yes | 36 (72%) | 76 (77%) | ||
| No | 14 (28%) | 23 (23%) | ||
| Employment status | 2.12 (.15) | |||
| Employed | 23 (46%) | 58 (59%) | ||
| Unemployed | 27 (54%) | 41 (41%) | ||
| Sources of financial Support‡ | NA | |||
| Self | 31 (62%) | 63 (64%) | ||
| Family | 16 (32%) | 24 (24%) | ||
| Friends | 2 (4%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Community | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Government welfare | 10 (20%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| Other | 0 (0%) | 3 (3%) | ||
| Types of employment | NA | |||
| Agriculture | 1 (4%) | 5 (9%) | ||
| Business | 0 (0%) | 13 (22%) | ||
| Education | 3 (11%) | 5 (9%) | ||
| Service industry | 5 (18%) | 13 (22%) | ||
| Tourism | 1 (4%) | 2 (3%) | ||
| Self-Employed | 8 (29%) | 8 (14%) | ||
| Health care | 0 (0%) | 7 (12%) | ||
| Other | 10 (36%) | 5 (9%) | ||
| Monthly income (in Pula) | 18.51 (.0003) | |||
| <1000 | 27 (61%) | 21 (26%) | 4.61 (2.11-10.10) | |
| 1000-5000 | 14 (32%) | 34 (41%) | ||
| 5000-10000 | 1 (2%) | 10 (12%) | ||
| >10,000 | 2 (5%) | 17 (21%) |
CI, Confidence interval; NA, not applicable; non-PWA, patients without albinism; PWA, people living with albinism.
∗
t-test (P value).
†
A semi-urban village can be considered as the outlying suburbs of an urban city center.
‡
participants could choose multiple answers so percentage can be >100.