Do they really boil their drinking water? a descriptive study in a rural district of the Lao people’s democratic republic

Table 1 Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of participants

Characteristics	Total		Households with boiled water		Households without boiled water		p value^a
Characteristics	n (n = 101)	%	n (n = 91)	%	n (n = 10)	%	p value^a
Gender
Male	83	82.2	73	80.2	10	100.0	0.202
Female	18	17.8	18	19.8	0	0.0
Age
18–29 years	30	29.7	25	27.5	5	50.0
30–49 years	45	44.6	40	44.0	5	50.0
50 years and more	26	25.7	26	28.6	0	0.0
Median (inter-quartile range): years	39 (27–50)		40 (27–50)		31 (24.5–38.8)
Educational attainment
No formal education	55	54.5	51	56.0	4	40.0	0.324
Primary school	25	24.8	20	22.0	5	50.0
Secondary school or higher	21	20.8	20	22.0	1	10.0
Main source of income
Farming	97	96.0	87	95.6	10	100.0	1.000
Company officer	4	4.0	4	4.4	0	0.0
Living with a child under 5 years of age
Yes	78	77.2	69	75.8	9	90.0	0.448
No	23	22.8	22	24.2	1	10.0
Living with a person aged 60 years or over
Yes	50	49.5	44	48.4	6	60.0	0.525
No	51	50.5	47	51.6	4	40.0
Wealth index
First (least poor)	32	31.7	30	33.0	4	40.0	0.767
Second	35	34.7	31	34.1	4	40.0
Third (poorest)	34	33.7	30	33.0	2	40.0
Floor material
Wood	58	57.4	51	56.0	7	70.0
Bamboo	33	32.7	30	33.0	3	30.0
Cement	10	9.9	10	11.0	0	0.0
Wall material
Wood	52	51.5	48	52.7	4	40.0
Bamboo	45	44.6	39	42.9	6	60.0
Brick	4	4.0	4	4.4	0	0.0

ISSN: 1349-4147