|
Variable
|
Frequency
|
%
|
P-value
|
|---|
|
Sex
|
|
Male
|
1064
|
49.2
|
0.373
|
|
Female
|
1098
|
50.8
| |
|
Sex ratio (males:females)
|
0.97
| | |
|
Age group (in years)
|
|
5–7
|
761
|
35.2
|
< 0.001
|
|
8–11
|
783
|
36.2
| |
|
12–15
|
618
|
28.6
| |
|
Mean age
|
9.3
| | |
|
Education level
|
|
No education
|
446
|
20.6
|
< 0.001
|
|
Koranic school
|
256
|
11.8
| |
|
Primary school
|
1335
|
61.7
| |
|
Secondary school
|
125
|
5.8
| |
|
Relationship to the household head
|
|
Child
|
1468
|
67.9
|
0.282
|
|
Other relatives
|
663
|
30.7
| |
|
Without relatives
|
31
|
1.4
| |
|
Household head occupation
|
|
Officialsa
|
209
|
14.0
|
0.502
|
|
Non-officialsb
|
943
|
63.3
| |
|
Unemployed
|
339
|
22.7
| |
|
Household head education level
|
|
No education
|
449
|
30.1
|
0.470
|
|
Koranic school
|
515
|
34.5
| |
|
Primary school
|
252
|
16.9
| |
|
Secondary school
|
209
|
14.0
| |
|
Higher academic level
|
67
|
4.5
| |
|
Habitation zonec
|
|
Zone 1
|
775
|
35.8
|
0.634
|
|
Zone 2
|
767
|
35.5
| |
|
Zone 3
|
620
|
28.7
| |
|
Season
|
|
Wet
|
1026
|
47.5
|
0.002
|
|
Dry
|
1136
|
52.5
| |
|
Total
|
2162
|
100.0
| |
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aIncluding teachers, medical staff and administration staff
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bIncluding famers, traders and craftsmen
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cHabitation in the study site was divided in zones according to the distance to the Senegal River: zone 1, < 200 m; zone 2, 201–500 m; zone 3, > 500 m
