Variable | Total | Peri-urban (VT Capital & Province) | Rural (Xekong & Xayabuli Provinces) | p -value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Households studied | 1,751 (100) | 1,330 (76) | 421 (24) | - |
People studied | 9,114 (100) | 6,532 (72) | 2,582 (28) | - |
Villagers who died during the 30 days before interview | 7 (0.07) | 5 (0.076) | 2 (0.077) | 0.99 |
Female | 4,571 (50) | 3,243 (50) | 1,328 (51) | 0.12 |
Median (IQR) age (years) | 23 (11–39) | 25 (13–41) | 17 (8–32) | <0.001 |
Adult > 15 years | 6,021 (66) | 4,643 (71) | 1,378 (53) | <0.001 |
Children ≤ 15 years | 3,093 (34) | 1,889 (29) | 1,204 (47) | |
Children < 5 years | 938 (10) | 554 (8) | 384 (15) | <0.001 |
Median (IQR) highest schooling years in household | 10 (5–11) | 11 (8–11) | 5 (2–5) | <0.001 |
Ethnicity | ||||
- Lao Loom | 5,346 (59) | 5,334 (82) | 12 (0.5) | <0.001 |
- Hmong | 1,168 (13) | 1,166 (18) | 2 (0.08) | |
- Prai | 1,714 (19) | 0 | 1,714 (66) | |
- Alak | 332 (4) | 0 | 332 (13) | |
- Taliang | 254 (3) | 0 | 254 (10) | |
- Dakkang | 268 (3) | 1 (0.01) | 267 (10) | |
- Mixed | 5 (0.1) | 0 | 5 (0.2) | |
- Others | 27 (0.3) | 1 (0.01) | 26 (1) | |
Wealth index* | ||||
- Poorest | 2,098 (23) | 29 (0.5) | 1,797 (70) | <0.001 |
- Second | 1,824 (20) | 1,043 (16) | 781 (30) | |
- Middle | 1,730 (19) | 1,825 (28) | 1 (0.04) | |
- Fourth | 1,735 (19) | 1,815 (28) | 3 (0.1) | |
- Richest | 1,727 (19) | 1,820 (28) | 0 |