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Table 1 Description of study population, Saravane Province, Laos, 2017

From: Associations between soil-transmitted helminthiasis and viral, bacterial, and protozoal enteroinfections: a cross-sectional study in rural Laos

Characteristics

Total (N = 746)

Child < 5 years (N = 249)

School-aged child (N = 247)

Adult (N = 250)

Female, n (%)

496 (66.5)

121 (48.6)

125 (50.6)

250 (100)

Median (IQRa) age (yrs)

9 (24.5)

4 (2.0)

9 (3.0)

32 (11.0)

Ethnic minorityb, n (%)

351 (47.1)

119 (47.8)

114 (46.2)

118 (47.2)

Household has improved toiletc, n (%)

230 (30.1)

75 (30.1)

77 (31.2)

78 (31.2)

Household utilizes improved drinking water sourcec, n (%)

355 (47.6)

118 (47.4)

117 (47.4)

120 (48.0)

Household has basic handwashing facilityc, n (%)

262 (35.1)

87 (34.9)

89 (36.0)

86 (34.4)

Median (IQR) number of people living in household

6.5 (4)

6 (4)

6 (4)

7 (4)

Household owns animals, n (%)

713 (95.6)

238 (95.6)

236 (95.6)

239 (95.6)

Beneficiary of school WASHb intervention, n (%)

374 (50.1)

126 (50.6)

122 (49.4)

126 (50.4)

  1. Values for household-level covariates vary across age groups due to exclusion of some samples for suspected contamination
  2. aDefined as those not belonging to the Lao-Tai ethnic group
  3. bInterquartile range (IQR); water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)
  4. cClassified according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme standard definitions [28]