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Table 2 Distribution of demographic variables among live-poultry market workers by levels of risk in the study period after LPAI H5N2 outbreaks (Stage I) in Taiwan, 2007–2009

From: Changing risk awareness and personal protection measures for low to high pathogenic avian influenza in live-poultry markets in Taiwan, 2007 to 2012

  

High risk§

Moderate risk§

Low risk§

 

Variables

 

N = 73

%

N = 113

%

N = 244

%

p-value

Age (Years)

17–40

24

32.9

34

30.1

83

32.8

0.95

 

41–64

45

61.6

74

65.5

149

62.3

 

≧65

4

5.5

5

4.4

12

4.9

Gender

Male

44

60.3

65

57.5

117

48.0

0.09

 

Female

29

39.7

48

42.5

127

52.0

Geographical Areas

North

33

45.2

40

35.4

122

50.0

0.01*

 

Central

16

21.9

38

33.6

50

20.5

 

South

8

11.0

11

9.7

42

17.2

 

East

16

21.9

24

21.2

30

12.3

Education

≦Elementary

22

30.1

20

17.7

47

19.3

0.27

 

Junior high

16

21.9

40

35.4

77

31.6

 

Senior high

30

41.1

44

38.9

95

38.9

 

≧College

5

6.8

9

8.0

25

10.2

  1. In Stage I, the mean, median, and range of age for CRs were 43.6 ± 11.4, 44.0, and 18–84, respectively whereas those for live poultry market workers (LPMWs) were 45.8 ± 11.3, 47.0, and 17–87, respectively. We used a chi-square test for the statistical analyses in Table 1. There was no significant difference between these two groups [Table 1]
  2. The data within the percentages of community residents related to the different demographical variables in the Stage I survey served as the reference group in this Tables 1 and 2
  3. §High Risk: butcher, raw chicken/duck sellers. Moderate Risk: Sellers of cooked chicken/duck, beef, pork, mutton, and/or other raw meat. Low Risk: Market cleaners, administrative officers, and those selling flowers, dry goods, vegetables and fruits. *p-value < 0.05
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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