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Table 3 Sociodemographic characteristics of the seasonal workers

From: High mobility, low access thwarts interventions among seasonal workers in the Greater Mekong Sub-region: lessons from the malaria containment project

Sociodemographic characteristics

Total

N

%

Gender

 Male

169

55.6

 Female

135

44.4

Age in years (mean, SD) [32, 10.6]

Primary occupation

 Agricultural labourer

149

49.0

 Seller

1

0.3

 Fisherman

1

0.3

 Forestry worker

2

0.7

 Farmer

148

48.7

 Housewife

1

0.3

 Other

1

0.7

Highest level of education

 Never attended school

60

19.7

 Completed primary (grade 6)

176

57.9

 Completed secondary (grade 12)

54

17.8

 More than secondary

14

4.6

Marital status

 Single, never married

89

29.3

 Married/living with someone as married

201

66.1

 Widowed

7

2.3

 Divorced/separated

6

2.0

 Married but not living together

1

0.3

Normally stay in the farm all year

 Yes

47

15.5

 No

254

84.5

Accompanied bya

 Family

35

74.5

 Friends

7

14.9

 Alone

5

10.6

  1. aOut of those who stay at the farm all year