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Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the study population

From: “A comparative analysis of risk factors of malaria” case study Gisagara and Bugesera District of Rwanda. RDHS 2014/2015. A retrospective study

  

Gisagara (N = 387)

Bugesera (N = 354)

Variables

 

Frequency

Percent

Frequency

Percent

Sex

Male

263

67.96

292

82.49

 

Female

124

32.04

62

17.51

 

< 20

3

0.78

0

0

 

21–40

172

44.44

240

67.8

Age (in years)

41–60

184

47.55

98

27.68

 

61–80

24

6.2

16

4.52

 

> 80

4

1.03

0

0

 

No education, preschool

186

48.06

166

46.89

 

Primary

174

44.96

142

40.11

Education

Secondary

26

6.72

43

12.15

 

Higher

1

0.26

3

0.85

 

Never married

95

40.43

62

29.81

 

Married

81

34.47

72

34.62

Marital status

Living together

34

14.47

52

25

 

Widowed

9

3.83

10

4.81

 

Divorced

1

0.43

5

2.4

 

Not living together

15

6.38

7

3.37

 

Poorest

208

53.75

57

16.1

 

Poorer

80

20.67

59

16.67

Wealth index

Middle

37

9.56

90

25.42

 

Richer

35

9.04

83

23.45

 

Richest

27

6.98

65

18.36

Place of cooking

In the house

242

62.53

32

9.04

In a separate building

122

31.52

247

69.77

Outdoors

23

5.94

75

21.19

Household has separate room used as Kitchen

No

51

21.25

13

40.63

Yes

189

78.75

19

59.38

Owns land usable for Agriculture

No

107

27.65

113

31.92

Yes

280

72.35

241

68.08

 

0

134

38.73

138

38.98

Agriculture land size (in hectares)

1–5

45

13.01

45

12.71

 

5–10

32

9.25

39

11.02

 

Above 10

135

39.02

132

37.29

Owns livestock herds or farm animals

No

210

54.26

139

39.27

Yes

177

45.74

215

60.73

Having Bank Account

No

241

62.27

161

45.48

Yes

146

37.73

193

54.52