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Table 1 Demographic, social, and economic characteristics of respondents

From: Fear, distress, and perceived risk shape stigma toward Ebola survivors: a prospective longitudinal study

Characteristic

N

Unweighted Percent (95% CI)

Weighted Percent (95% CI)

Sex

 Male

503

49.9

49.7

 Female

505

50.1

50.2

Age (mean, years)

1008

33.8 (32.9, 34.6)

4.2 (33.2, 35.2)

Household assets (mean, of 9)

1008

3.6 (3.5, 3.8)

3.5 (3.2, 3.9)

Marital status

 Currently married

424

42.1 (39.0, 45.1)

42.7 (38.8,46.7)

 Widowed

49

4.9 (3.7, 6.4)

6.0(4.4, 8.1)

 Cohabiting but not married

21

2.1 (1.4, 3.2)

2.1 (1.2, 3.5)

 Single/Never married

455

45.1 (42.1, 48.2)

43.2 (39.4, 47.1)

 Othera

59

5.9 (4.6, 7.5)

6.0 (4.5, 8.1)

Education

 No formal education

163

16.2 (14.0, 18.6)

18.5 (14.6, 23.2)

 Some primary

48

4.8 (3.6, 6.3)

4.7 (3.5, 6.3)

 Completed primary

17

1.7 (1.1, 2.7)

1.7 (0.9, 3.1)

 Some secondary

380

37.8 (34.8, 40.8)

37.9 (34.0, 41.9)

 Completed secondary

239

23.8 (21.2, 26.5)

22.0 (18.7, 25.6)

 Some post-secondary

86

8.5 (7.0, 10.4)

8.2 (6.5, 10.4)

 Completed post-secondary

73

7.3 (5.8, 9.0)

7.0 (5.5, 9.0)

Ethnicity

 Temne

368

36.5 (33.6, 39.5)

40.1 (34.3, 46.1)

 Mende

161

16.0 (13.8, 18.4)

15.6 (12.7, 19.2)

 Limba

134

13.3 (11.3, 15.5)

13.6 (10.6, 17.2)

 Krio

77

7.6 (6.1, 9.5)

6.6 (4.9, 8.9)

 Fulah

74

7.3 (5.9, 9.1)

6.3 (4.6, 8.6)

 Loko

45

4.5 (3.3, 5.9)

4.3 (3.2, 5.9)

 Mandingo

45

4.5 (3.3, 5.9)

4.3 (3.0, 6.2)

 Soso

31

3.1 (2.2, 4.3)

2.9 (1.9, 4.2)

 Kono

20

2.0(1.3, 3.1)

1.8 (0.9, 3.3)

 Otherb

53

5.3 (4.0, 6.8)

4.5 (3.0, 6.7)

Language

 Krio

882

87.5 (85.3, 89.4)

88.4 (85.3, 91.0)

 Temne

64

6.3 (5.0, 8.0)

5.8 (4.0, 8.3)

 Mende

20

2.0 (1.3, 3.1)

1.7 (1.1, 2.8)

 Fulah

17

1.7 (1.1, 2.7)

1.8 (1.1, 2.9)

 Limba

10

1.0 (0.5, 1.8)

1.2 (0.6, 2.5)

 Otherc

15

1.5 (0.9, 2.5)

1.1 (0.4, 2.5)

Household owns land

 No

801

79.6 (77.0, 82.0)

77.9 (73.3, 81.8)

 Yes

205

20.4 (18.0, 23.0)

22.1 (18.2, 26.7)

  1. Survey results are representative of the adult household-based population of the Western Urban and Western Rural districts of Sierra Leone at each of the three waves of data collection, between January 2015 and April 2016.
  2. a 15 respondents lived with a partner but were now single, 14 were engaged, nine were separated but married, seven were divorced, and 14 other
  3. b Eight Kissi, five Valunka, two Kru, one Marankais, and 37 other
  4. c Two Kono, one English, and 12 other