Volume 13, Number 2—February 2007
Research
Human African Trypanosomiasis in a Rural Community, Democratic Republic of Congo
Table 1
Characteristics of 47 households with human African trypanosomiasis patients, Buma, Democratic Republic of Congo
Characteristic | Value |
---|---|
Household size, no. persons | |
Minimum | 1 |
Median | 5 |
Maximum | 12 |
Interquartile range | 3 |
Age of head of household, y | |
Minimum | 23 |
Median | 45 |
Maximum | 63 |
Interquartile range | 12 |
Proportion of households with male head of household | 87.2% |
Proportion of farmers among heads of household | 80.9% |
Education level of heads of household | |
None | 8.5% |
Primary | 40.4% |
Secondary | 46.8% |
University | 4.3% |
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