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Table 3 Pig roaming land type by selected covariates. Mean percentage (95% CI) of active roaming time spent in given land type. Farmland not shown due to infrequent roaming; other pig variables not shown (pig sex, age, and household herd size) were not significantly associated with any roaming land type

From: Seasonal patterns in risk factors for Taenia solium transmission: a GPS tracking study of pigs and open human defecation in northern Peru

 

Peri-domestic

Vegetation

Roads/paths

Seasona

 Rainy

54.8 (48.7–60.9)*

26.7 (20.8–32.7)

17.3 (12.8–21.8)

 Dry

64.2 (57.3–71.1)*

20.1 (13.6–26.6)

15.4 (11.3–19.5)

Villageb

 Village A

64.9 (57.2–72.7)**

26.2 (18.2–34.4)

8.5 (6.1–10.9)**

 Village B

46.1 (37.6–54.5)**

26.1 (18.0–34.3)

26.0 (20.0–32.1)**

 Village C

67.9 (61.5–74.3)**

18.8 (11.6–25.9)

13.3 (8.9–17.6)**

Home-range sizea

 < 3000 m2

73.8 (67.7–79.8)**

9.6 (0.6–13.4)**

16.5 (10.1–23.0)

 > 3000 m2

54.6 (49.1–60.2)**

28.2 (22.8–33.6)**

16.2 (12.8–19.7)

Household densitya,c

 ≤ 10

53.8 (47.0–60.5)**

29.1 (22.9–35.2)**

16.7 (12.1–21.3)

 > 10

66.1 (60.2–72.1)**

16.9 (11.0–22.9)**

15.9 (12.0–19.8)

No. of open defecation sites in range (mean ± SD)

1.99 ± 2.3

1.94 ± 2.5

0.87 ± 1.2

  1. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01
  2. aTwo-sample t-test used to derive P-values and 95% confidence intervals
  3. bOne-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) used to derive P-value and 95% confidence intervals
  4. cNumber of households within 100 m radius