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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2012

From: Hygienic practices and diarrheal illness among persons living in at-risk settings in Kabul, Afghanistan: a cross-sectional study

 

IDP camp

Slum

P-valuea

Sex

 Male

52 (52 %)

64 (64 %)

0.3084

 Female

48 (48 %)

36 (36 %)

 

Age

 23–37

24 (24 %)

14 (14 %)

0.0550

 38–43

33 (33 %)

24 (24 %)

 

 44–51

27 (27 %)

27 (27 %)

 

 52 and older

16 (16 %)

35 (35 %)

 

Household sizeAge

  < 8

45 (45 %)

24 (24 %)

0.0144*

 8 or more

55 (55 %)

76 (76 %)

 

Children in house

 1

21 (21 %)

18 (18 %)

1.0000

 2

34 (34 %)

33 (33 %)

 

 3 or more

44 (44 %)

49 (49 %)

 

Literacy

 Literate

38 (38 %)

60 (60 %)

0.0144*

 Illiterate

62 (62 %)

40 (40 %)

 

Residency length

  < 1 year

63 (63 %)

22 (22 %)

0.0020*

 1 or more years

37 (37 %)

78 (78 %)

 
  1. Notes
  2. IDP internally-displaced person
  3. *P < 0.05
  4. aAdjusted for multiple testing (for statistical tests in Tables 1, 2, and 3 together) with the Holm-Bonferroni method