Table 1 General characteristics of study participants
Characteristic | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Age category | |
15–25 | 53/178 (29.8) |
26–35 | 70/178 (39.3) |
36–49 | 55/178 (30.9) |
Marital status | |
Married | 96/178 (53.9) |
Divorced | 8/178 (4.4) |
Single | 62/178 (34.8) |
Widow | 12/178 (6.7) |
Level of education | |
None | 11/178 (6.2) |
Primary | 87/178 (48.9) |
Secondary | 63/178 (35.4) |
Higher | 17/178 (9.5) |
Have cats at home | |
Yes | 10/178 (5.6) |
No | 168/178 (94.4) |
Contact with cats | |
Yes | 54/178 (30.3) |
No | 124/178 (69.7) |
Consume raw or undercooked meat | |
Yes | 106/178 (59.6) |
No | 72/178 (40.4) |
Consumed raw milk | |
Yes | 9/178 (5.1) |
No | 169/178 (94.9) |
Consumed raw unwashed vegetable or fruits | |
Yes | 117/178 (65.7) |
No | 61/178 (34.3) |
Consumed untreated drinking water | |
Yes | 130/178 (73.1) |
No | 48/178 (26.9) |
House floor type | |
Cemented | 68/178 (38.2) |
Not cemented | 110/178 (61.8) |
Knowledge of toxoplasmosis | |
Yes | 3/178 (1.7) |
No | 175/178 (98.3) |
Residential area | |
Urban | 9/178 (5.1) |
Rural | 169/178 (94.9) |
Pregnant | |
Yes | 90/178 (50.6) |
No | 88/178 (49.4) |
HIV positive | |
Yes | 90/178 (50.6) |
No | 88/178 (49.4) |
HAART therapy | |
Yes | 76/90 (84.5) |
No | 14/90 (15.5) |
CD4 cell count (cells/mm 3 ) | |
>500 | 40/90 (44.5) |
200–500 | 47/90 (52.2) |
<200 | 3/90 (3.3) |