Table 1 Characteristics of the study population with regard to their age, educational level, profession and underlying condition
From: Features of human scabies in resource-limited settings: the Cameroon case
| Number | Percentage (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | <1 | 30 | 11.8 |
| 1–5 | 48 | 18.8 | |
| 6–11 | 27 | 10.6 | |
| 12–18 | 25 | 9.8 | |
| 19–24 | 28 | 11 | |
| 25–35 | 59 | 23.1 | |
| 36–45 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| > 45 | 22 | 8.6 | |
| Educational level | Never went to school | 5 | 2.0 |
| Nursery | 17 | 6.7 | |
| Primary | 45 | 17.6 | |
| Secondary | 90 | 35.3 | |
| University/College | 46 | 18.0 | |
| Missing data | 52 | 20.4 | |
| Profession | Civil servant | 17 | 6.7 |
| Driver | 6 | 2.4 | |
| Trader | 13 | 5.1 | |
| Couturier/Hairdresser | 11 | 4.3 | |
| Student | 110 | 43.1 | |
| Teacher | 4 | 1.6 | |
| Manoeuvre | 12 | 4.7 | |
| Housewife | 11 | 4.3 | |
| Other | 8 | 3.1 | |
| Unemployed | 11 | 4.3 | |
| Missing data | 52 | 20.4 | |
| Underlying condition | Retarded person | ||
| Yes | 1 | 0.4 | |
| No | 254 | 99.6 | |
| HIV infection | |||
| Yes | 4 | 1.6 | |
| No | 103 | 40.3 | |
| Unknown | 144 | 56.5 | |
| Missing data | 4 | 1.6 |