Research Article
Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Carriage among HIV-Infected Individuals in the Conjugate Vaccine Era: A Study in Southern Ghana
Table 1
Demographic and household characteristics of the study participants.
| | Variable | Princess Marie Children Hospital | Korle Bu Teaching Hospital | Overall | | N () | N () | N () |
| | Sex | | | | | Male | 40 (40.8) | 27 (18.4) | 67 (27.3) | | Female | 58 (59.2) | 120 (81.6) | 178 (72.7) | | Age (years) | | | | | <5 | 37 (37.8) | 0 (0) | 37 (15.1) | | 5--10 | 39 (39.8) | 0 (0) | 39 (15.9) | | 11--20 | 22 (22.4) | 0 (0) | 22 (9.0) | | 21--30 | 0 (0) | 21 (14.3) | 21 (8.6) | | 31--40 | 0 (0) | 42 (28.6) | 42 (17.1) | | 41--50 | 0 (0) | 52 (35.4) | 52 (21.2) | | 51--60 | 0 (0) | 24 (16.3) | 24 (9.8) | | 61--70 | 0 (0) | 6 (4.1) | 6 (2.4) | | 71--80 | 0 (0) | 2 (1.3) | 2 (0.8) | | Religion | | | | | Christian | 79 (80.6) | 120 (81.6) | 199 (81.2) | | Moslem | 19 (19.4) | 24 (16.3) | 43 (17.6) | | Others | 0 (0) | 3 (2.1) | 3 (1.2) | | Resident type+ | | | | | Self-contained | 28 (28.6) | 53 (36.1) | 81 (33.1) | | Compound House | 70 (71.4) | 94 (63.9) | 164 (66.9) | | Occupation | | | | | Children attending school | 72 (73.5) | N/A | 72 (73.5) | | Children not in school | 26 (26.5) | N/A | 26 (26.5) | | Employed Adults | N/A | 136 (92.5) | 136 (92.5) | | Unemployed adults | N/A | 11 (7.5) | 11 (7.5) | | Smoking status | | | | | Active smoker | N/A | 2 (1.4) | 2 (1.4) | | Passive smoker | N/A | 2 (1.4) | 2 (1.4) | | Non smoker | N/A | 143 (97.2) | 143 (97.2) |
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N- indicates number of study participants; N/A- not applicable
+average number of people per household = 14.
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