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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of intervention and control groups

From: Community-based interventions to enhance knowledge, protective attitudes and behaviors towards canine rabies: results from a health communication intervention study in Guangxi, China

Variables

Control

SMS

IS

SMS + IS

p-value

Total number of participants

60

51

53

55

 

Sex

Male

47

21

37

29

<0.001

Female

13

30

16

26

Age in Years

   < 30

15

9

5

15

0.038

31–46

27

16

30

23

   > 46

18

26

18

17

Level of Education

Primary school and below

49

11

34

8

<0.001

Secondary school

10

31

17

31

High school and above

1

9

2

16

Occupation

Planting

35

33

25

32

0.216

Livestock breeding

4

6

10

4

Migrant workers

6

8

6

8

Others

15

4

12

11

Annual Income in Yuan, RMB

   < 1,000

47

2

11

3

<0.001

1,001–3,000

11

22

33

13

3,001–6,000

2

18

7

19

   > 6,000

0

9

2

20

Having migrant workers in the family

35

27

32

41

0.121