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Table 3 Demographic data for individual study participants

From: The epidemiology of Taenia spp. infection and Taenia solium cysticerci exposure in humans in the Central Highlands of Vietnam

Characteristic

Frequency

Percentage (95% CI)

Total number of participants

342

 

Age (years)

  < 25

63

18 (14 to 23)

 25–60

223

65 (60 to 70)

  > 60

56

16 (13 to 21)

Sex

 Male

104

30 (26 to 36)

 Female

238

70 (64 to 74)

Highest level of education

 None

149

44 (38 to 49)

 Primary/secondary

184

54 (48 to 59)

 Tertiary

9

2.6 (1.3 to 5.1)

Primary activity

 Farming

298

87 (83 to 90)

 Livestock

14

4.1 (2.3 to 6.9)

 Civil service

5

1.5 (0.5 to 3.6)

 Other

25

7.3 (4.9 to 11)

Ethnicity

 Kinh

40

11 (8.6 to 15)

 Ede

302

88 (84 to 91)