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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants (n = 483)

From: Determinants of health seeking behavior of animal bite victims in rabies endemic South Bhutan: a community-based contact-tracing survey

Variable

Number

Percent

Respondents from hospitals catchment area

 Gelephu

205

42

 Phuntsholing

144

30

 Samtse

68

14

 Deothang

50

10

 Samdrup Jongkhar

16

3

Gender

 Male

267

55

Age category (years)

 0-9 yrs

160

33

 10-19 yrs

98

20

 20–29 yrs

61

13

 30-39 yrs

54

11

 40-49 yrs

51

11

 50 + yrs

55

11

 Missing

4

1

Qualification of victimsa

 No education

174

36.9

 Education

309

64

Occupation of participantsb

 Farmer

55

11

 Student

189

39

 Employed

108

22

 Others

127

26

 Missing

4

1

Type of settlementsc

 Rural

123

25

 Semi-urban

176

36

 Urban

184

38

Household monthly income (USD)d

  < 154

248

51

 154–308

158

33

 309–462

43

9

 463–615

16

3

  > 615

9

2

  1. aNo education = respondents/victims who had not attained formal primary education level
  2. Education = respondents/victims who had attained at least formal primary education level and above
  3. bEmployed = working in government or private sector; others = Housewives, pre-school children, religious persons
  4. cUrban = those living within main district town; semi-urban = outskirts of main town; rural = villages
  5. d1 USD = BTN 65 currency exchange rate at the time of conduct of this study