Volume 20, Number 8—August 2014
Research
Human Exposure to Live Poultry and Psychological and Behavioral Responses to Influenza A(H7N9), China
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants recruited for urban and rural surveys of influenza A(H7N9) awareness, China, 2013*
Characteristic | No. (%) persons |
|
---|---|---|
Urban, n = 2,504 | Rural, n = 1,227 | |
Male sex |
1,288 (51.4) |
626 (51.0) |
Age group, y | ||
18–44 | 1,938 (77.5) | 685 (55.8) |
45–64 | 415 (16.6) | 405 (33.0) |
>65 |
147 (5.9) |
137 (11.2) |
Educational attainment | ||
No formal education | 38 (1.5) | 86 (7.0) |
Primary school | 191 (7.6) | 259 (21.1) |
Middle school | 391 (15.6) | 464 (37.9) |
High school | 593 (23.7) | 268 (21.9) |
College and above |
1,291 (51.6) |
148 (12.1) |
Occupation | ||
Service workers and shop sales workers | 601 (24.0) | 164 (13.4) |
Professionals | 504 (20.1) | 66 (5.4) |
Retired | 293 (11.7) | 61 (5.0) |
Unemployed | 678 (27.1) | 195 (15.9) |
Full-time students | 232 (9.3) | 111 (9.0) |
Homemakers | 96 (3.8) | 86 (7.0) |
Agricultural and fishery workers |
100 (4.0) |
544 (44.3) |
Marital status | ||
Single | 941 (38.1) | 269 (22.0) |
Married | 1,458 (59.0) | 923 (75.4) |
Divorced/separated | 35 (1.4) | 12 (1.0) |
Widowed |
36 (1.5) |
20 (1.6) |
Average household income, in renminbi* | ||
No income | 65 (3.0) | 83 (6.8) |
<3,000 | 368 (17.0) | 748 (61.2) |
3,001–6,000 | 627 (28.9) | 264 (21.6) |
6,001–10,000 | 408 (18.8) | 80 (6.5) |
10,001–50,000 | 396 (18.2) | 28 (2.3) |
Not sure |
307 (14.1) |
20 (1.6) |
Recent history of travel away from home | ||
Yes | 479 (19.1) | 117 (9.6) |
*6.1 Chinese renminbi = $1 US.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.