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Table 1 Socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics of heads of the households, Jimma town, Southwest Ethiopia

From: Malaria incidence and assessment of entomological indices among resettled communities in Ethiopia: a longitudinal study

Variables

Village type

p-value

Resettlement

Non-resettlement

Total

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Gender

Male

31 (45.6)

37 (54.4)

68 (100.0)

0.372

Female

70 (52.2)

64 (47.8)

134 (100.0)

Age group (years)

18-25

29 (43.9)

37 (56.1)

66 (100.0)

0.484

26-30

23 (52.3)

21 (47.7)

44 (100.0)

>30

49 (53.3)

43 (46.7)

92 (100.0)

Educational status

Illiterate

48 (55.2)

39 (44.8)

87 (100.0)

0.528

Grade 1-4

19 (45.2)

23 (54.8)

42 (100.0)

Grade 5-8

27 (49.1)

28 (50.9)

55 (50.0)

Grade 9-10/11-12

7 (38.9)

11 (61.1)

18 (100.0)

Main occupation

Private business

12 (54.5)

10 (45.5)

22 (100.0)

0.112

Government employee

3 (33.3)

6 (66.7)

9 (100.0)

House wife

40 (47.6)

44 (52.4)

84 (100.0)

Daily laborer

38 (56.7)

29 (43.3)

67 (100.0)

Farmer

8 (57.1)

6 (42.9)

14 (100.0)

Others

0

6 (100.0)

6 (100.0)

Estimated monthly income (ETB)

<500

20 (45.5)

24 (54.5)

44 (100.0)

0.266

501-1000

57 (47.9)

62 (52.1)

119 (100.0)

>1000

24 (61.5)

15 (38.5)

39 (100.0)

Distance from vector-breeding site

<1 km

75 (59.5)

51 (40.5)

126 (100.0)

0.000*

>1 km

26 (34.2)

50 (65.8)

76 (100.0)

House type

Mud plastered

89 (47.8)

97 (52.2)

186 (100.0)

0.037*

Break wall

12 (75.0)

4 (25.0)

16 (100.0)

ITN

Yes

60 (46.9)

68 (53.1)

128 (100.0)

0.243

No

41 (55.4)

33 (44.6)

74 (100)

IRS

Yes

86 (49.4)

88 (50.6)

174 (100.0)

0.684

No

15 (53.6)

13 (46.4)

28 (100.0)

Presence of domestic animal(s)

Yes

57 (55.3)

46 (44.7)

103 (100.0)

0.122

No

44 (44.4)

55 (55.6)

99 (100.0)

  1. *Significant at p < 0.05; ETB = Ethiopian Birr.