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Table 1 Sociodemographic features of the study participants

From: Influence of Sociospatial determinants on knowledge, attitudes and practices related to the plague in a population living in endemic areas in the central highlands, Madagascar

Variables

Number

Percentage (%)

Age (Mean ± SD), Years

38 ± 15

 

Age group (years)

 15–24

148

24.8

 25–34

127

21.3

 35–44

126

21.1

 45–54

89

14.9

  > 55

107

17.9

Sex

 Female

364

61

 Male

233

39

Sex ratio (M: F)

0.64 (233: 364)

 

Educational level

 None

40

6.7

 Primary

316

52.9

 Secondary

225

37.7

 High

16

2.7

Mobile phone owning

 Yes

257

43.1

 No

340

56.9

Contact with former plague case

 Yes

64

10.7

 No

530

88.8

 Do not know

3

0.5

Residence district

 Ambositra

325

54.4

 Tsiroanomandidy

272

45.6

Category of the investigated municipality

 Without case

82

13.7

 With case

515

86.3