Table 1.
Variable | Category | Cases | Controls | p-value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 80 | % | n = 80 | % | |||
Sex | Male | 47 | 59 | 43 | 54 | 0.463 |
Female | 33 | 41 | 37 | 46 | ||
Age (years) | ≤ 5 years | 12 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 0.693 |
> 5 years | 67 | 84 | 67 | 84 | ||
Age not known | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
Median age = 15 Q1 = 9; Q3 = 26 |
Median age = 17 Q1 = 10; Q3 = 30 |
0.755 | ||||
Country of origin | Mozambique | 36 | 45 | 36 | 45 | 0.97 |
DRC | 29 | 36 | 27 | 34 | ||
Zimbabwe | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | ||
Burundi | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
Rwanda | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
Other | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
Level of education | None | 19 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 0.017 |
Primary | 45 | 56 | 30 | 37 | ||
Secondary | 9 | 11 | 23 | 29 | ||
Tertiary | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||
Occupation | None | 61 | 76 | 52 | 65 | 0.295 |
Farming | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | ||
Shop attendant | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
Other | 6 | 8 | 13 | 16 | ||
Period of residence in the camp (years) | 2–5 | 57 | 71 | 56 | 70 | 0.233 |
6–10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 13 | ||
11–15 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | ||
16–20 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |