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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of Chinese expatriates in Niger: WeChat official account intervention group versus control group

From: Using WeChat official accounts to improve malaria health literacy among Chinese expatriates in Niger: an intervention study

Contents

Group

Baseline total (n = 1441)

Intervention group (n = 721)

Control group (n = 720)

χ2

p

n

%

n

%

n

%

  

Age (years)

20–<30

216

14.99

106

14.70

110

15.28

2.311

0.510

30–<40

493

34.21

253

35.09

240

33.33

40–<50

690

47.88

337

46.74

353

49.03

50–≤60

42

2.91

25

3.47

17

2.36

Education

Junior college

757

52.53

385

53.40

372

51.67

0.467

0.792

Level

Under-graduate

588

40.80

288

39.94

300

41.67

Post-graduate

96

6.66

48

6.66

48

6.67

Occupation

Manuel labor

1369

95.00

680

94.31

689

95.69

1.447

0.229

Manager

72

5.00

41

5.69

31

4.31

Working period

0–≤10

396

27.48

196

27.18

200

27.78

0.937

0.816

11–<21

396

27.48

195

27.05

201

27.92

21–<31

619

42.96

316

43.83

303

42.08

≥31

30

2.08

13

1.80

17

2.36

2.362

0.307

Work in Niger

<3

846

58.71

409

56.73

437

60.69

3–<5

556

38.58

292

40.50

264

36.67

≥5

39

2.71

20

2.77

19

2.64

Health condition

Good

486

33.73

243

33.70

243

33.75

0.742

0.690

Self-assessment

Normal

799

55.45

395

54.79

404

56.11

Bad

156

10.83

83

11.51

73

10.14

Malaria history

Yes

1116

77.45

550

76.28

566

78.61

1.118

0.290

No

325

22.55

171

23.72

154

21.39

Malaria education

Yes

1441

100

721

100

720

100

  

No

0

0

0

0

0

0

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