Table 1 Demographics of study participants (n = 2,150).
From: Lassa fever in Nigeria: epidemiology and risk perception
Variable | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Age (Years) | |
18-29 | 784 (36.47) |
30-39 | 594 (27.63) |
40-49 | 417 (19.40) |
50-59 | 243 (11.30) |
>60 | 112 (5.21) |
Gender | |
Female | 1151 (53.53) |
Male | 999 (46.47) |
Tribe | |
Hausa Fulani | 618 (28.74) |
Igbo | 301 (14.00) |
Yoruba | 741 (34.47) |
Others | 490 (22.79) |
Religion | |
Christianity | 1080 (50.21) |
Islam | 1040 (48.39) |
Others | 30 (1.40) |
Highest level of education | |
No formal education | 209 (9.72) |
Primary and Secondary | 471 (21.91) |
Tertiary education (Polytechnic, COEs, ) | 1470 (68.37) |
Background (n=1470) | |
Medical | 599 (39.46) |
Sciences | 525 (34.58) |
Social Sciences, Arts, Humanities | 394 (25.96) |
States of residence | |
Abia | 107 (4.98) |
Adamawa | 177 (8.23) |
Akwa Ibom | 58 (2.70) |
Bauchi | 101 (4.70) |
Benue | 184 (8.56) |
Ebonyi | 261 (12.14) |
Imo | 64 (2.98) |
Kogi | 50 (2.33) |
Kwara | 328 (15.26) |
Nasarawa | 112 (5.21) |
Ondo | 236 (10.98) |
Osun | 110 (5.12) |
Taraba | 362 (16.84) |
