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Table 1 Study participant characteristics

From: A cross-sectional survey of soil-transmitted helminthiases in two Myanmar villages receiving mass drug administration: epidemiology of infection with a focus on adults

Characteristic

Udo village

Kyee Kan Theik village

n

%

n

%

Individuals

305

100

407

100

Sex

Male

131

42.95

196

48.16

Female

174

57.05

211

51.84

Age group (years)

2–4

20

6.56

33

8.11

5–14

60

19.67

98

24.08

15–24

36

11.80

41

10.07

25–39

67

21.97

107

26.29

40+

122

40.00

128

31.45

Households

114

100

137

100

Household monthly incomea

< 50,000 MMK

7

6.14

36

26.28

50,000–100,000 MMK

55

48.25

64

46.72

100,000–500,000 MMK

48

42.11

31

22.63

> 500,000 MMK

2

1.75

3

2.19

Do not know/refused to answer

2

1.75

3

2.19

Overall household sizeb

1–4

53

46.49

79

57.66

5–8

58

50.88

52

37.96

9+

3

2.63

6

4.38

Main source of water

Bottled water

5

4.39

0

0

Piped water (into home/compound)

3

2.63

8

5.84

Well (protected/unprotected)

3

2.63

0

0

Rain water (covered/uncovered)

1

0.88

0

0

Surface water

0

0.00

99

72.26

Tubewell/borehole

100

87.72

27

19.71

Public tap

1

0.88

1

0.73

Other

1

0.88

0

0

Do not know/refused

0

0

2

1.46

Type of toilet

Bucket

2

1.75

11

8.03

 

Composting toilet

13

11.40

10

7.30

 

Flush toilet

56

49.12

59

43.06

 

Open pit

1

0.88

2

1.46

 

Pit latrine with slab

30

26.32

46

33.58

 

VIP

12

10.53

9

6.57

  1. aCumulative income from all members of the household
  2. bIncluding non-participants
  3. Abbreviations: MMK, Myanmar kyats (1 USD to 1111 MMK, June 2015); VIP, ventilated improved pit latrine