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Table 3 Number of containers positive for Ae. aegypti out of those inspected and total number and density of pupae collected in relation to socio-demographic and household water management characteristics in Laos

From: Effects of socio-demographic characteristics and household water management on Aedes aegypti production in suburban and rural villages in Laos and Thailand

 

Suburban village

Rural village

Containers

Pupae

Containers

Pupae

No. positive/inspected

% positive

Total

No. per container (95% CI)

No. positive/inspected

% positive

Total

No. per container (95% CI)

Overall per study location

75/139

54.0

911

6.6 (4.5–8.6)

21/64

32.8

558

8.7 (2.0–15.4)

Socio-demography

 Education level

≤ Primary school

34/64

53.1

367

5.7 (3.3–8.1)

21/63

33.3

558

8.9 (2.1–15.6)

> Primary school

41/75

54.7

544

7.2 (3.9–10.6)

0/1

0

0

–

 Occupation

Agriculture

44/82

53.7

454

5.5 (3.6–7.5)

21/64

32.8

558

8.7 (2.0–15.4)

Commercial

8/11

72.7

216

19.6 (0.3–39.0)

0

0

0

–

Service

11/25

44.0

139

5.6 (0.9–10.2)

0

0

0

–

Othera

12/21

57.1

102

4.9 (0.7–9.1)

0

0

0

–

 Wealth status

Poor

21/41

51.2

240

5.9 (2.6–9.1)

19/54

35.2

514

9.5 (1.7–17.4)

Intermediate

35/68

51.5

335

4.9 (2.8–7.1)

2/9

22.2

44

4.9 (-2.7–12.5)

Rich

19/30

63.3

336

11.2 (3.9–18.5)

0/1

0

0

–

Household water management

 Container type

Jar

35/77

45.5

418

5.4 (2.6–8.2)

17/49

34.7

234

4.8 (1.8–7.8)

Tank

29/41

70.7

389

9.5 (4.9–14.0)

4/6

66.7

324

54.0 (-21.6–129.6)

Bucket

3/10

33.3

19

1.9 (-1.7–5.5)

0/7

0

0

–

 Container location

Indoor

12/15

80.0

142

9.5 (3.5–15.4)

5/26

19.2

36

1.4 (-0.2–2.9)

Outdoor

32/79

40.5

346

4.4 (1.9–6.9)

12/29

41.4

198

6.8 (1.9–11.7)

Toilet/bathroom

31/45

68.9

423

9.4 (5.0–13.8)

4/9

44.4

324

36.0 (-12.5–84.5)

 Household water source

Rain-fed

12/37

32.4

114

3.1 (0.7–5.5)

13/43

30.2

185

4.3 (0.9–7.6)

Manually collected rain

3/3

100.0

14

4.7 (-2.9–12.3)

0/4

0

0

–

Piped water

0

0

0

–

0

0

0

–

Borehole

59/98

60.2

781

7.9 (5.2–10.8)

8/17

47.1

373

21.9 (-2.5–46.3)

 Frequency of container cleaning

≤ Weekly

52/96

54.2

668

6.9 (4.2–9.8)

18/59

30.5

495

8.4 (1.2–15.5)

> Weekly-monthly

22/42

52.4

238

5.7 (2.9–8.4)

3/4

75.0

63

15.8 (-12.7–44.2)

> Monthly-yearly

1/1

100.0

5

5

0/1

0

0

–

 Lid status

With lid

9/32

28.1

56

1.8 (0.0–3.5)

3/16

18.8

31

1.9 (-1.6–5.5)

Without lid

66/107

61.7

855

7.9 (5.4–10.6)

18/48

37.5

527

10.9 (2.2–19.8)

 Temephos present in container

No

53/108

49.1

668

6.2 (3.8–8.6)

19/60

31.7

446

7.4 (0.8–14.0)

Yes

22/31

70.9

243

7.8 (3.2–12.4)

2/4

50.0

112

28.0 (-37.3–93.3)

  1. Abbreviation: CI confidence interval
  2. aRetired, unemployed and student