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Table 1 Population variables

From: Societal drivers of human echinococcosis in China

Variables

Attributes

Gender

M (male), F (female)

Age

1 (< 21 years old), 2 (21–64), 3 (≥ 65 years old)

Education

Pre (preschool), I (illiteracy), P (primary), J (junior), S (senior), C (college and above)

Occupation

H (herdsman), HFa (semi-farmer and semi-herdsman), F (farmer), S (student), Pub (public officer), W (houseworker), M (monks and other religious figures), O (other)

Mode of residence

1 (settled), 2 (nomadism), 3 (winter settlement and summer nomadism), 4 (other)

Water quality

1 (drinking water cleanliness level 1), 2 (drinking water cleanliness level 2), 3 (drinking water cleanliness level 3)

Dogs in the surrounding environment

Yes, no

Neighbors own dogs

Yes, no