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Table 2 Basic information about the respondents

From: Effects of the source of information and knowledge of dengue fever on the mosquito control behavior of residents of border areas of Yunnan, China

Variables

Total no. (%) (n = 721)

No. in Simao (%) (n = 153)

No. in Ruili and Jinghong (%) (n = 568)

P-value

Gender

 Male

288 (39.94%)

67 (43.79%)

221 (38.91%)

0.274

 Female

433 (60.06%)

86 (56.21%)

347 (61.09%)

Age

 11–30 Years old

222 (30.79%)

73 (47.71%)

149 (26.23%)

 < 0.001

 31–50 Years old

407 (56.45%)

74 (48.37%)

333 (58.63%)

 51 Years old and above

92 (12.76%)

6 (3.92%)

86 (15.14%)

Occupation

 Business services

376 (52.15%)

92 (60.13%)

284 (50.00%)

0.026

 Other

345 (47.85%)

61(39.87%)

284 (50.00%)

Education

 Primary school and below

120 (16.64%)

3(1.96%)

117 (20.60%)

 < 0.001

 Junior high school

225 (31.21%)

29 (18.95%)

196 (34.51%)

 Senior school

175 (24.27%)

36 (23.53%)

139 (24.47%)

 University and above

201 (27.88%)

85 (55.56%)

116 (20.42%)