Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the 602 study participants (entire study population)
Sociodemographic characteristics | Study population | ||
|---|---|---|---|
n | % | 95% CI (%) | |
Age (in years) | |||
6–9 | 117 | 19.4 | 16.3–22.8 |
10–13 | 128 | 21.3 | 18.2–24.9 |
14–17 | 91 | 15.1 | 12.5–18.4 |
18–25 | 102 | 17.0 | 14.2–20.4 |
> 25 | 164 | 27.3 | 23.9–31.2 |
Gender | |||
Female | 368 | 61.1 | 57.1–65.0 |
Male | 234 | 38.9 | 35.0–42.9 |
Location | |||
Lambaréné | 329 | 54.7 | 50.6–58.7 |
Mitonè-PK villages | 52 | 8.6 | 6.5–11.2 |
Zilé-PK villages | 154 | 25.6 | 22.1–29.3 |
Bindo-Makouké villages | 67 | 11.1 | 87.3–13.9 |
Educational level | |||
None | 13 | 2.2 | 1.1–3.7 |
Primary | 318 | 52.8 | 48.7–56.9 |
Secondary | 262 | 43.5 | 39.5–47.6 |
University | 6 | 1.0 | 0.4–2.2 |
Other | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1–1.4 |
Main occupational statusa | |||
None-working | 75 | 24.0 | 19.3–29.1 |
Farmer or fisher | 69 | 22.0 | 17.6–27.0 |
Trader | 21 | 6.7 | 4.2–10.1 |
Student | 84 | 26.8 | 22.0–32.1 |
Administrative | 4 | 1.3 | 0.3–3.2 |
Health care | 6 | 1.9 | 0.7–4.1 |
Other | 54 | 17.3 | 13.2–21.9 |
Family sizea | |||
1–3 | 77 | 24.6 | 19.9–29.8 |
4–6 | 130 | 41.5 | 36.0–47.2 |
≥ 7 | 106 | 33.9 | 28.6–39.4 |