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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of study participants

From: Understanding the benefits and burdens associated with a malaria human infection study in Kenya: experiences of study volunteers and other stakeholders

Location

Kilifi

Ahero

Total (%)#

Characteristics

Male

Female

Male

Female

Age (years)α

 19–29

3

5

4

3

15 (40.5)

 30–40

6

3

3

3

15 (40.5)

 41–51

2

3

1

1

7 (18.9)

Education level*

 None

0

2

0

0

2 (5.4)

 Primary

5

5

1

1

12 (32.4)

 Secondary

3

1

4

4

12 (32.4)

 Tertiary

0

1

3

2

6 (16.2)

 Unavailable

3

2

0

0

5 (13.5)

Occupation

 None

3

4

0

1

8 (21.6)

 Student

0

0

3

0

3 (8.1)

 Subsistence farming

1

5

0

0

6 (16.2)

 Self-employed/business

5

1

5

5

16 (43.2)

 Employed

2

1

0

1

4 (10.8)

Total

11

11

8

7

37 (100)

  1. αThe mHIS only recruited healthy volunteers aged 18–45 years for safety reasons
  2. *Information on occupation for 5 volunteers is missing
  3. #% are rounded to the nearest 10th, hence % may not add up to 100