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Table 1 Household demographic factors aggregated by villages

From: Association between Schistosoma mansoni infection and access to improved water and sanitation facilities in Mwea, Kirinyaga County, Kenya

Characteristic

Karima

N (%)

Rurumi

N (%)

Kasarani

N (%)

Kirogo

N (%)

Kamucege

N (%)

Block

N (%)

Gakungu

N (%)

Total

Sex

 Male

34 (29.8)

106 (46.1)

22 (18.1)

25 (25.0)

33 (25.8)

28 (26.7)

19 (17.8)

267 (29.5)

 Female

80 (70.2)

124 (53.9)

99 (81.9)

75 (75.0)

95 (74.2)

77 (73.3)

88 (82.2)

638 (70.5)

Age (years)

  ≤ 25

15 (13.2)

21 (9.1)

9 (7.4)

6 (6.0)

12 (9.4)

11 (10.5)

15 (14.0)

89 (9.8)

 26–35

22 (19.3)

69 (30.0)

37 (30.6)

25 (25.0)

30 (23.4)

37 (35.2)

41 (38.8)

261 (28.8)

 36–45

27 (23.7)

72 (31.3)

39 (32.2)

29 (29.0)

37 (28.9)

34 (32.4)

33 (30.9)

271 (30.0)

 46–55

21 (18.4)

30 (13.0)

30 (24.8)

24 (24.0)

23 (18.0)

8 (7.6)

14 (13.1)

150 (16.6)

  > 55

29 (25.4)

38 (16.6)

6 (5.0)

16 (16.0)

26 (20.3)

15 (14.3)

4 (3.7)

134 (14.8)

Marital status

 Married

97 (85.1)

179 (77.8)

105 (86.8)

89 (89.0)

109 (85.2)

83 (79.0)

94 (87.9)

756 (83.5)

 Single/ Window(wer)/ Divorced

17 (14.9)

51 (22.2)

16 (13.2)

11 (11.0)

19 (14.8)

22 (21.0)

13 (12.1)

149 (16.5)

Religion

 Christian

106 (93)

220 (95.7)

116 (95.8)

95 (95.0)

117 (91.4)

100 (95.2)

106 (99.1)

860 (95.0)

 Others

8 (7.0)

10 (4.3)

5 (4.2)

5 (5.0)

11 (8.6)

5 (4.8)

1 (0.9)

45 (5.0)

Education

 No formal education

20 (17.5)

12 (5.2)

5 (4.1)

7 (7.0)

16 (12.5)

10 (9.5)

2 (1.9)

72 (7.6)

 Primary (Incomplete)

31 (27.2)

72 (31.3)

38 (31.4)

26 (26.0)

42 (32.8)

37 (35.2)

35 (32.7)

280 (20.9)

 Primary (Complete)

41 (36.0)

107 (46.5)

45 (37.2)

48 (48.0)

47 (36.8)

38 (36.2)

41 (38.3)

370 (40.9)

 Secondary Incomplete)

20 (17.5)

31 (13.5)

26 (21.5)

16 (16.0)

20 (15.6)

14 (13.3)

23 (21.5)

152 (16.8)

 Secondary and post-secondary

2 (1.8)

8 (3.5)

7 (5.8)

3 (3.0)

3 (2.3)

6 (5.8)

6 (5.6)

31 (13.8)

Occupation

 Business

8 (7.0)

24 (10.4)

26 (21.5)

13 (13.0)

15 (11.7)

17 (16.2)

20 (18.7)

123 (13.6)

 Casual labourers

9 (7.9)

47 (20.4)

18 (14.9)

10 (10.0)

19 (14.8)

20 (19.0)

23 (21.5)

146 (16.1)

 Others

8 (7.0)

13 (5.7)

18 (14.9)

1 (1.0)

4 (3.2)

6 (5.8)

11 (10.3)

61 (6.7)

 Farmer

89 (78.1)

146 (63.5)

59 (48.7)

76 (76.0)

90 (70.3)

62 (59)

53 (49.5)

575 (63.6)

  1. N = 905 Karima N = 114, Rurumi N = 230, Kasarani N = 121, Kirogo N = 100, Kamucege N = 128, Block N = 105, Gakungu =107