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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the rural population of Zhejiang Province, China, December 2010- April 2011 (N = 36,377)

From: Public awareness of three major infectious diseases in rural Zhejiang province, China: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

n

%

Age group, years

  

 15~29

5,788

15.91

 30~44

10,371

28.51

 45~59

12,293

33.79

 ≥60

7,925

21.79

Sex

  

 Male

18,261

50.20

 Female

18,116

49.80

Education

  

 Primary school or illiterate

16,541

46.47

 Junior high school

14,218

39.09

 Senior high school

4,091

11.25

 Above senior high school

1,527

4.20

Occupation

  

 Farming

21,885

60.16

 Factory worker

4,860

13.36

 Student

1,668

4.59

 Unemployed

3,176

8.73

 Administration and management

684

1.88

 Commercial/food services

1,993

5.48

 Other

2,111

5.80

Marital status

  

 Currently married

30,462

83.74

 Currently unmarried

5,915

16.26

Census registry

  

 Local

34,907

95.96

 Non-local

1,470

4.04

Exposed to health publicity in the last year

 

 HIV

27,789

76.39

 TB

28,113

77.55

 HBV

28,780

79.12