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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population (n = 512)

From: Socioeconomic impacts of elimination of onchocerciasis in Abu-Hamed focus, northern Sudan: lessons after elimination

Variable

Number

Percent

Variable

Number

Percent

Gender (n = 512)

Schooling (n = 510)

 Male

321

62.7

 Yes

434

85.1

 Female

191

37.3

 No

65

12.7

Marital status (n = 504)

 No answer

11

2.2

 Married

424

84.1

Education level (n = 509)

 Single

73

14.5

 Secondary school

197

38.7

 Widow

4

0.8

 Primary school

184

36.1

 Divorced

3

0.6

 None

63

12.4

Age (n = 509)

 University

49

9.6

 Mean (SD)

42.8

15.7

 Adult schooling

12

2.4

Residence in the village (n = 505)

 No answer

4

0.8

 Mean (SD)

35.3

19.4

Main source of income (n = 500)

 Less than  10 years

58

11.5

 No income

140

28.0

 10 years and above

447

88.5

 Daily/irregular income

139

27.8

Travel out of the community (n = 498)

 Farming

125

25.0

 Yes

85

17.1

 Commerce/self-employed

62

12.4

 No

411

82.5

 Regular Salary

34

6.8

 No answer

2

0.4

Knowledge of Onchocerciasis local name (n = 493)

Onchocerciasis local name (n = 476)

 Yes

470

95.3

 Filaria

441

92.7

 No

18

3.7

 Kuntaib

28

6.0

 No answer

5

1.0

 Night blindness

3

0.6

Identifying the vector (n = 430)

 River blindness

2

0.4

 Black fly

333

77.4

 Ama Aljoor

1

0.2

 Mosquito

52

12.1

 Kurtaib

1

0.2

 Fly

20

4.7

Knowledge of the drug distributed (n = 512)

 Other

25

5.8

 Yes

369

72.1

Onchocerciasis vector local name (n = 360)

 No

143

27.9

 Kuntaib

281

78.0

Ivermectin distribution ongoing (n = 486)

 Kurtaib

76

21.1

 Yes

13

2.7

 Filaria

2

0.6

 No

473

97.3

 Small insect

1

0.3