Table 1 |
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Demographic information of the study participants. |
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variable |
HIV-positive (n = 302) N (%) |
HIV-negative (n = 303) N (%) |
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Sex |
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male |
143 (47.4%) |
144(47.5%) |
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female |
159 (52.6%) |
159(52.5%) |
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Average age* (year) |
42.8(41.6, 44.0) |
41.5(40.2, 42.7) |
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Agricultural household* |
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yes |
258(90.2%) |
260(87.5%) |
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no |
28(9.8%) |
37(12.5%) |
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Ethnicity* |
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Han |
284(99.3%) |
293(98.6%) |
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Others |
2(0.7%) |
4(1.4%) |
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Marriage status* |
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single |
6(2.1%) |
16(5.4%) |
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married |
280(97.9%) |
281(94.6%) |
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Educational status* |
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illiterate |
91(31.8%) |
72(24.2%) |
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primary school |
148(51.8%) |
100(33.7%) |
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junior high school |
45(15.7%) |
110(37.0%) |
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high school |
2(0.7%) |
15(5.1%) |
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college graduates and above |
0 |
0 |
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Occupation* |
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student |
2(0.7%) |
7(2.4%) |
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farmer |
283(98.9%) |
286(96.3%) |
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worker |
1(0.4%) |
4(1.3%) |
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* HIV positives n = 286; HIV negatives n = 297 |
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Tian et al. Parasites & Vectors 2012 5:36 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-36 |
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