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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants by pig exposure status, 2013–2014

From: Detection of pandemic influenza A/H1N1/pdm09 virus among pigs but not in humans in slaughterhouses in Kenya, 2013–2014

Characteristic

Categories

Pig exposure

Total

p-value

Yes n (%)

No n (%)

Sex

Female

6 (5.9)

19 (10.2)

25 (8.7)

0.212

Male

96 (94.1)

167 (89.8)

263 (91.3)

Age in years

Mean (SD)

32.5 (11.2)

37.2 (12.2)

35.5 (12)

0.001

Highest education level completed

No formal education

0 (0.0)

9 (4.8)

9 (3.1)

0.008

Primary

45 (44.1)

73 (39.2)

118 (41.0)

Secondary

51 (50.0)

75 (40.3)

126 (43.8)

Post-secondary

6 (5.9)

29 (15.6)

35 (12.2)

Occupation

Slaughterhouse worker

84 (82.4)

72 (38.7)

156 (54.2)

< 0.001

Pig farmer

7 (6.9)

29 (15.6)

36 (12.5)

Pig trader

7 (6.9)

49 (26.3)

56 (19.4)

Other

4 (3.9)

36 (19.4)

40 (13.9)

Sampling period

Sep, 2013

32 (31.4)

59 (31.7)

91 (31.6)

0.012

Dec, 013

8 (7.8)

35 (18.8)

43 (14.9)

May, 2014

35 (34.3)

66 (35.5)

101 (35.1)

Sep, 2014

27 (26.5)

26 (14.0)

53 (18.4)

Slaughterhouse

Bondo

29 (28.4)

47 (25.3)

76 (26.4)

0.210

Kisumu

27 (26.5)

36 (19.4)

63 (21.9)

Uthiru

46 (45.1)

103 (55.4)

149 (51.7)

  1. SD standard deviation