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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristic of the populations surveyed

From: Assessment of treatment impact on lymphatic filariasis in 13 districts of Benin: progress toward elimination in nine districts despite persistence of transmission in some areas

Evaluation unit

Adja-Ouèrè

n (%)

Agbangnizoun

n (%)

Allada

n (%)

Bonou

n (%)

Ouinhi

n (%)

Parakou

n (%)

Targeted sample size

1540

1552

1684

1380

1556

1556

Collected sample size

1571

1578

1710

1381

1572

1569

Targeted number of schools

30

30

30

30

30

30

Number of school surveyed

31

32

31

31

33

33

Children in first grade

713 (45.4)

698 (44.2)

693 (40.5)

643 (46.6)

673 (42.8)

576 (36.7)

Children in second grade

858 (54.6)

880 (55.8)

1017 (59.5)

738 (53.4)

899 (57.2)

966 (61.6)

Children in third grade

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

27 (1.7)

Six-year-old children

733 (46.7)

749 (47.5)

754 (44.1)

672 (48.7)

779 (49.6)

781 (49.8)

Seven-year-old children

838 (53.3)

829 (52.5)

956 (55.9)

709 (51.3)

793 (50.4)

788 (50.2)

Girls

737 (46.9)

803 (50.9)

813 (47.5)

671 (48.6)

764 (48.6)

7610 (48.5)

Boys

834 (53.1)

775 (49.1)

897 (52.5)

710 (51.4)

808 (51.4)

808 (51.5)