Nasal Carriage and Methicillin Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus among Schoolchildren in Sana’a City, Yemen

Table 1

Sociodemographic features of schoolchildren in Sana’a city, Yemen.

	No	%
Age groups of students
5–9 years	98	18
10–14 years	210	39
15–19 years	228	43
Mean age ± SD^∗	13.3 ± 3.5
Gender
Males	271	51
Females	265	49
Number of students
Public schools	400	75
Private schools	136	25
Mean per class ± SD	71 ± 34

^∗SD: standard deviation.