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Table 1 Socio-economic characteristics of the study population, stratified by their score of behavioural intention to perform mosquito control (BIMBSC score)

From: Community participation in mosquito breeding site control: an interdisciplinary mixed methods study in Curaçao

 

Total (n = 339)

BIMBSC score < 15 (n = 122)

BIMBSC score = 15 (max.) (n = 208)

P-valuea

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Age

 18–40 years

75 (22.1)

32 (26.2)

43 (20.7)

 

 41–60 years

172 (50.7)

54 (44.3)

111 (53.4)

 

  > 60 years

92 (27.1)

36 (29.5)

54 (26.0)

0.263

Sex

 Female

247 (72.9)

87 (71.3)

154 (74.0)

 

 Male

92 (27.1)

35 (28.7)

54 (26.0)

0.590

Education

 Illiterate/primary school

80 (23.6)

25 (20.5)

49 (23.6)

 

 Secondary school

128 (37.8)

52 (42.6)

75 (36.1)

 

 Intermediate vocational school

84 (24.8)

30 (24.6)

53 (25.5)

 

 University (of applied sciences)

47 (13.9)

15 (12.3)

31 (14.9)

0.663

Occupationb

 Unemployed/student/housewife/voluntary

63 (18.6)

17 (14.0)

44 (21.2)

 

 Paid job (domestic or manual)

144 (42.6)

53 (43.8)

87 (41.8)

 

 Paid job (not domestic nor manual)

67 (19.8)

25 (20.7)

40 (19.2)

 

 Retired

64 (18.9)

26 (21.5)

37 (17.8)

0.427

Incomec

 0–999 ANGd,e

35 (10.5)

15 (12.8)

20 (9.7)

 

 1000–2499 ANG

136 (41.0)

50 (42.7)

82 (39.6)

 

 2500–4999 ANG

118 (35.5)

36 (30.8)

78 (37.7)

 

  > 5000 ANG

43 (13.0)

16 (13.7)

27 (13.0)

0.592

Disease status chikungunya (CLTCS)

 Recovered

126 (37.2)

44 (36.1)

81 (38.9)

 

 Mildly affected

121 (35.7)

48 (39.3)

71 (34.1)

 

 Highly affected

92 (27.1)

30 (24.6)

56 (26.9)

0.635

  1. a P-value corresponds to the comparison of the proportions between the groups BIMBSC <15 and BIMBSC = 15 (maximum score)
  2. bTotal is 338, total < 15 group is 121
  3. cTotal is 332, total < 15 group is 117, total 15 group is 207
  4. dAntillian Guilder; 1 ANG = 0.56 USD
  5. eMinimum wages 2015 = 1420 ANG (based on a 40 h workweek). Nine participants missed data on their BIMBSC and were excluded from analysis