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. 2021 Sep 22;14:486. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04905-0

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the 602 study participants (entire study population)

Sociodemographic characteristics Study population
n % 95% CI (%)
Age (in years)
  6–9 117 19.4 16.3–22.8
  10–13 128 21.3 18.2–24.9
  14–17 91 15.1 12.5–18.4
  18–25 102 17.0 14.2–20.4
  > 25 164 27.3 23.9–31.2
Gender
  Female 368 61.1 57.1–65.0
  Male 234 38.9 35.0–42.9
Location
  Lambaréné 329 54.7 50.6–58.7
  Mitonè-PK villages 52 8.6 6.5–11.2
  Zilé-PK villages 154 25.6 22.1–29.3
  Bindo-Makouké villages 67 11.1 87.3–13.9
Educational level
  None 13 2.2 1.1–3.7
  Primary 318 52.8 48.7–56.9
  Secondary 262 43.5 39.5–47.6
  University 6 1.0 0.4–2.2
  Other 3 0.5 0.1–1.4
Main occupational statusa
  None-working 75 24.0 19.3–29.1
  Farmer or fisher 69 22.0 17.6–27.0
  Trader 21 6.7 4.2–10.1
  Student 84 26.8 22.0–32.1
  Administrative 4 1.3 0.3–3.2
  Health care 6 1.9 0.7–4.1
  Other 54 17.3 13.2–21.9
Family sizea
  1–3 77 24.6 19.9–29.8
  4–6 130 41.5 36.0–47.2
  ≥ 7 106 33.9 28.6–39.4

CI Confidence interval

aApplicable to young adults and adults only, corresponding to the main version of the questionnaire