Brucellosis in Camels and Humans: Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors in Amibara District of Afar Region, Ethiopia

Table 4

Sociodemographic characteristics and Brucella seroprevalence among the study participants.

Variables	No. of tested N (%)	RBPT + ve		CFT + ve		χ^2	value
		n	%	n	%
Gender							0.19
Male	95 (79.2)	8	8.4	2	2.1
Female	25 (20.8)	4	16	2	8
Age						5^b	0.057^.
13–19 years	6 (5)	1	16.67	1	16.67
20–59 years	79 (65.8)	6	7.6	1	1.26
Above 60 years	35 (29.17)	5	14.3	2	5.71
Educational status						3.7^b	0.786
Degree	1 (0.83)	0	0.0	0	0.0
Diploma	3 (2.5)	0	0.0	0	0.0
High school	10 (8.33)	0	0.0	0	0.0
Elementary	16 (13.34)	2	12.5	1	6.25
Read and write	9 (7.5)	1	11.1	0	0.0
Illiterate	81 (67.5)	9	11.1	3	3.7
Occupation						6.925^b	≤0.03
Pastoralists	90 (75)	7	7.78	2	2.22
Government	22 (18.34)	2	9.09	0	0.0
Others	8 (6.67)	3	37.5	2	25
Marriage						2.6^b	0.484
Married	102 (85%)	11	10.78	3	2.94
Divorced	1 (0.833)	0	0.0	0	0.0
Single	17 (14.17)	1	5.88	1	5.88
Family size						1.694^b	0.375
1–2	30 (25)	4	13.33	2	6.67
3–5	58 (48.33)	6	10.34	1	1.72
Above 6	32 (26.67)	2	6.25	1	3.12

^bFisher’s exact test value; No. of tested = number of tested individuals.