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Table 2 Occupational characteristics of the study population

From: Analysis of risk factors for T. brucei rhodesiensesleeping sickness within villages in south-east Uganda

 

Total

(n = 150)

Men

(n = 93)

Women

(n = 57)

p*

Herding cattle

43%

54%

26%

0.001

Visiting cattle market

55%

57%

52%

0.602

Collecting water

85%

79%

95%

0.007

Collecting firewood

67%

56%

86%

<0.001

Washing clothes outside homestead

41%

35%

51%

0.063

  1. *) χ2 test for difference in activity between men and women