Research Article
Risk Factors for Chikungunya Virus Outbreak in Somali Region of Ethiopia, 2019: Unmatched Case-Control Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants, Kebridahar City Administration, Korahe zone of Somali region, Ethiopia, 2019.
| Variables and categories | Cases | Controls | Number | Percentage (%) | Number | Percentage (%) |
| Sex | Female | 33 | 45 | 95 | 64 | Male | 41 | 55 | 53 | 36 |
| Age (in years) | Under 5 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 5–14 | 16 | 22 | 33 | 22 | 15–45 | 49 | 66 | 54 | 36 | Above 45 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 21 |
| Educational status | No formal education | 51 | 69 | 78 | 53 | Below school age | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | Primary school | 15 | 20 | 43 | 29 | Secondary school | 7 | 9 | 15 | 10 |
| Marital status | Married | 56 | 76 | 75 | 51 | Single | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | Widowed | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | Under age | 18 | 24 | 47 | 32 |
| Occupation | Daily laborer | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | House wife | 24 | 32 | 68 | 46 | Merchant | 21 | 28 | 22 | 15 | Student | 18 | 24 | 46 | 31 | Others | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 |
| Family size | Less than 5 | 25 | 34 | 49 | 33 | 5–10 | 40 | 54 | 79 | 53 | Above 10 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 14 |
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