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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents

From: Towards making efficient use of household resources for appropriate prevention of malaria: investigating households’ ownership, use and expenditures on ITNs and other preventive tools in Southeast Nigeria

Characteristics

Measurement

Sex: n (%)

 

Female

484 (96.8)

Male

16 (3.2)

Age in years: mean (sd)

33 (9.2)

No. of people in a household: mean (sd)

5 (1.85)

Occupation: n (%)

137 (27.4)

Petty trading/Artisan

109 (21.8)

Subsistence farmer

48 (9.6)

Large scale entrepreneur

39 (7.8)

Self employed

37 (7.4)

Government worker

12 (2.4)

Employed in a private organization

39 (7.8)

Unemployed

79 (15.8)

Others

 
  1. Note: sd = standard deviation.