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Table 4 Demographics, attitudes and behaviors around human–animal contact

From: Behavioral–biological surveillance of emerging infectious diseases among a dynamic cohort in Thailand

 

Animal contact

(n = 615)

No animal contact (n = 63)

p-value

Animal contact (exclu dogs and cats) (n = 396)

No animal contact (exclu dogs and cats) (n = 282)

p-value

Gender

      

 Male

265 (43%)

24 (38%)

0.45

194 (49%)

95 (34%)

 < 0.0001

 Female

350 (57%)

39 (62%)

 

202 (51%)

187 (66%)

 

Age group (in years)

      

 < 10

45 (7%)

8 (13%)

 < 0.0001

34 (7%)

19 (13%)

0.003

 10–19

32 (5%)

2 (3%)

 

14 (5%)

20 (3%)

 

 20–39

132 (21%)

4 (6%)

 

90 (21%)

46 (6%)

 

 40–59

225 (37%)

15 (24%)

 

149 (37%)

91 (24%)

 

 60–79

170 (28%)

30 (48%)

 

105 (28%)

95 (48%)

 

 > 80

8 (2%)

4 (6%)

 

3 (2%)

9 (6%)

 

Education

      

 None

52 (8%)

6 (10%)

0.048

34 (9%)

24 (8%)

0.78

 Primary school

303 (49%)

41 (65%)

 

199 (50%)

145 (51%)

 

 Secondary school

154 (25%)

12 (19%)

 

94 (24%)

72 (25%)

 

 College/university/professional

106 (17%)

4 (6%)

 

69 (17%)

41 (15%)

 

Primary livelihood

     

 Child/student

79 (13%)

8 (13%)

0.58

53 (13%)

34 (12%)

 < 0.0001

 Construction

21 (3%)

0 (0%)

 

8 (2%)

13 (5%)

 

 Crop production

105 (17%)

7 (11%)

 

83 (21%)

29 (10%)

 

 Extraction of minerals, gas, oil, timber

48 (8%)

4 (6%)

 

29 (7%)

23 (8%)

 

 Homemaker/unemployed

75 (12%)

8 (13%)

 

58(15%)

25 (9%)

 

 Non-animal business

239 (39%)

33 (52%)

 

128 (32%)

144 (51%)

 

 Military

2 (< 1%)

0 (0%)

 

2 (< 1%)

0 (0%

 

 Zoo/sanctuary animal health care

32 (5%)

2 (3%)

 

25 (6%)

9 (3%)

 

 Rancher/farmer animal production business

2 (< 1%)

0 (0%)

 

2 (< 1%)

0 (0%)

 

 Nurse, doctor, traditional healer, community health worker

10 (2%)

1 (1%)

 

6 (1%)

5 (2%)

 

 Forager/gatherer/non-timber forest product collector

2 (< 1%)

0 (0%)

 

2 (< 1%)

0 (0%)

 

Worried about diseases/outbreaks in live animals in local market

   

 Yes

332 (54%)

27 (43%)

0.09

212 (54%)

147 (52%)

0.72

 No

283 (46%)

36 (57%)

 

184 (46%)

135 (48%)

 

Risk of open wounds

      

 Yes

201 (32%)

14 (22%)

0.13

114 (29%)

101 (36%)

0.06

 No

299 (49%)

32 (51%)

 

208 (19%)

58 (20%)

 

 Don’t know

115 (19%)

17 (27%)

 

74 (52%)

123 (44%)

 

Action taken when scratched or bittena

  

 Visit doctor

218 (51%)

20 (61%)

0.89

121(45%)

117 (62%)

0.001

 Wash wound with soap and water

91 (21%)

5 (15%)

 

65 (24%)

31 (16%)

 

 Rinse wound with water

24 (6%)

2 (6%)

 

21 (8%)

5 (3%)

 

 Bandage wound

42 (10%)

3 (9%)

 

24 (9%)

21 (11%)

 

 Nothing—kept working

50 (12%)

3 (9%)

 

38 (14%)

15 (8%)

 
  1. aExcluded participants who had never been scratched or bitten
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