Table 1 |
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Demographic characteristics of persons in the selected study households in the Lubombo region, Swaziland, mid 2007. |
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Characteristics |
n |
% |
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Gender |
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Male |
954 |
48.4 |
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Female |
1017 |
51.6 |
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Age groups in years |
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0 – 5 |
323 |
16.4 |
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6 – 15 |
496 |
25.2 |
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16 – 40 |
784 |
39.8 |
|
41+ |
341 |
17.3 |
|
Not known |
27 |
1.4 |
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Number of persons in household |
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1 – 4 |
105 |
32.8 |
|
5 – 9 |
169 |
52.8 |
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10 or more |
46 |
14.4 |
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Highest level of education completed |
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No education |
327 |
16.6 |
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Primary |
762 |
38.7 |
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Secondary |
489 |
24.8 |
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Tertiary Qualification |
25 |
1.3 |
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Below school-going age |
310 |
15.7 |
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Don't know |
16 |
0.8 |
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Other |
42 |
2.1 |
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Occupation of each person |
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Minor |
353 |
17.9 |
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Housewife |
198 |
10.0 |
|
Pensioner |
37 |
1.9 |
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Other |
98 |
5.0 |
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Unemployed |
473 |
24.0 |
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Farm worker |
57 |
2.9 |
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Trained employee |
40 |
2.0 |
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Self Employed |
88 |
4.5 |
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Civil servant |
46 |
2.3 |
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Studying |
578 |
29.3 |
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Don't know |
3 |
0.2 |
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Hlongwana et al. Malaria Journal 2009 8:29 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-29 |
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