Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants based on the study districts
From: Epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in Shebelle Zone of Somali Region, eastern Ethiopia
Variable | Category | n (%) | χ 2 | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gode | Adadle | Total | ||||
Sex | Female | 168 (56.0) | 36 (59.0) | 204 (56.5) | 0.188 | 0.665 |
Male | 132 (44.0) | 25 (41.0) | 157 (43.5) | |||
Age group | 0–14 | 111 (37.0) | 26 (42.6) | 137 (38.0) | 3.249 | 0.355 |
15–29 | 89 (29.7) | 16 (26.2) | 105 (29.1) | |||
30–44 | 67 (22.3) | 9 (14.8) | 76 (21.1) | |||
 > 44 | 33 (11.0) | 10 (16.4) | 43 (11.9) | |||
Occupation | Farmer | 98 (32.7) | 20 (32.8) | 118 (32.7) | 0.594 | 0.964 |
House worker/wife | 53 (17.7) | 9 (14.8) | 62 (17.2) | |||
Student/cattle keeper | 115 (38.3) | 26 (42.6) | 141 (39.1) | |||
Employed | 11 (3.7) | 2 (3.3) | 13 (3.6) | |||
Private worker | 23 (7.7) | 4 (6.6) | 27 (7.5) | |||
House type (wall) | Mud/wood | 216 (72.0) | 43 (70.5) | 259 (71.7) | 8.428 | 0.015 |
Mud/stone | 58 (19.3) | 6 (9.8) | 64 (17.7) | |||
Wood | 26 (8.7) | 12 (19.7) | 38 (10.5) | |||
Habit of sleeping outdoors | Yes | 159 (53.0) | 33 (54.1) | 192 (53.2) | 0.025 | 0.875 |
No | 141 (47.0) | 28 (45.9) | 169 (46.8) | |||
Presence of domestic animals | Yes | 222 (74.0) | 57 (93.4) | 279 (77.3) | 10.916 | 0.001 |
No | 78 (26.0) | 4 (6.6) | 82 (22.7) | |||
Presence of Acacia tree | Yes | 125 (41.7) | 38 (62.3) | 163 (45.2) | 8.710 | 0.003 |
No | 175 (58.3) | 23 (37.7) | 198 (54.8) | |||
Presence of termite mounds | Yes | 87 (29.0) | 40 (65.6) | 127 (35.2) | 29.736 |  < 0.0001* |
No | 213 (71.0) | 21 (34.4) | 234 (64.8) | |||