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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: How do risk preferences relate to malaria care-seeking behavior and the acceptability of a new health technology in Nigeria?

  

Sample overall

Risk game chosen

 
  

200/200

100/300

0/400

pfor diff

Sex

% Male

50.4

50.2

45.6

67.5

*

Age1

Median age

36.4

38.0

33.0

40.0

**

 

CI

[20.0-63.0]

[21.0-63.0]

[19.0-64.0]

[22.0-64.0]

 

Marital status

% Married

67.4

67.8

64.0

75.0

 

Education

% Less than primary

8.5

7.4

8.8

15.0

*

 

% Primary

14.3

12.0

20.8

10.0

 
 

% Secondary

39.3

39.2

40.8

35.0

 
 

% More than secondary

37.9

41.3

29.6

40.0

 

Employment status2

% Employed full time

28.2

30.5

23.2

27.5

***

% Employed part time

2.9

3.9

1.6

0.0

 
 

% Self-employed

53.7

50.7

59.2

57.5

 
 

% Unemployed

15.2

14.9

16.0

15.0

 

Wealth

% Poorest

19.6

18.4

19.2

30.0

 
 

% Poorer

20.3

18.4

24.8

20.0

 
 

% Middle

19.6

20.1

19.2

17.5

 
 

% Richer

20.1

21.9

16.8

17.5

 
 

% Richest

20.3

21.2

20.0

15.0

 

N

 

448

283

125

40

 
 

% Chosen

 

63.2

27.9

8.9

 
  1. 95% Confidence intervals (CI) in brackets.
  2. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.10.
  3. 1Age distribution differences tested by the Kruskal-Wallis equality-of-populations rank test (p = 0.015).
  4. 2 N = 447 due to 1 missing observation.