Table 2 General information of respondents (household heads) and their households in a suburban and a rural village in Laos and Thailand (percentages in parentheses)
| Â | Â | Laos | Thailand | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Suburban | Rural | Suburban | Rural | |
No. of households | 124 | 115 | 127 | 121 | |
Gender | Male | 40 (32.3) | 48 (41.7) | 66 (51.9) | 88 (72.7) |
Female | 84 (67.7) | 67 (58.3) | 61 (48.1) | 33 (27.3) | |
Occupation | Agriculture | 66 (53.2) | 109 (94.8) | 30 (23.6) | 116 (95.9) |
Commercial | 12 (9.7) | 3 (2.6) | 34 (26.8) | 1 (0.7) | |
Service | 30 (24.2) | 3 (2.6) | 11 (8.7) | 2 (1.7) | |
Othera | 16 (12.9) | 0 | 52 (40.9) | 2 (1.7) | |
Education level | ≤ Primary school | 58 (46.8) | 110 (95.7) | 77 (60.6) | 112 (92.6) |
> Primary school | 66 (53.2) | 5 (4.3) | 50 (39.4) | 9 (7.4) | |
Room occupancy rate | >Â 2.5 persons/room | 62 (50.0) | 43 (37.4) | 22 (17.3) | 30 (24.8) |
≤ 2.5 persons/room | 62 (50.0) | 72 (62.6) | 105 (82.7) | 91 (75.2) | |
Housing material | Cement and wood | 48 (38.7) | 16 (13.9) | 88 (69.3) | 74 (61.2) |
Cement | 25 (20.2) | 1 (0.9) | 27 (21.3) | 15 (12.4) | |
Wood | 51 (41.1) | 98 (85.2) | 12 (9.4) | 32 (26.4) | |
Floor material | Cement and wood | 29 (23.4) | 14 (12.2) | 82 (64.6) | 62 (51.3) |
Cement | 39 (31.5) | 6 (5.2) | 30 (23.6) | 26 (21.5) | |
Wood | 53 (42.7) | 95 (82.6) | 14 (11.0) | 32 (26.4) | |
Ground | 3 (2.4) | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.8) | |