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Table 1 Demographic characteristic of participants and reported ILI during epidemic and non-epidemic period

From: Using a community based survey of healthcare seeking behavior to estimate the actual magnitude of influenza among adults in Beijing during 2013-2014 season

Characteristics

Reported ILI within two weeks during epidemic period

Reported ILI within 3 months during non-epidemic period

 

n

% Yes

95% CI

n

% Yes

95% CI

All respondents

7320

6.7

6.1–7.3

7345

4.2

3.7–4.7

Age

 18–59

5870

6.6

6.0–7.3

5934

3.9

3.4–4.4

  ≥ 60

1450

7.0

5.7–8.3

1420

5.3

4.1–6.4

Gender

 Male

3647

6.1

5.4–6.9

3618

3.9

3.3–4.5

 Female

3673

7.2

6.4–8.1

3736

4.4

3.8–5.1

Level of education

 Less than high school

2793

6.6

5.7–7.6

2386

3.9

3.2–4.6

 High school graduate

2146

6.7

5.6–7.7

2237

4.1

3.3–4.9

 College school graduate

2330

7.3

6.2–8.3

2406

4.5

3.7–5.4

Marriage status

 Married

829

7.2

5.5–9.0

937

3.1

2.0–4.2

 Divorced

6115

6.6

6.0–7.2

6083

4.3

3.8–4.8

 Unmarried

267

11.2

7.4–15.0

332

4.8

2.5–7.1

Employment status

 Student

250

6.8

3.7–9.9

272

4.0

1.7–6.4

 Employed

5317

6.5

5.8–7.2

5430

4.0

3.4–4.5

 Retired

998

7.7

6.0–9.4

999

5.2

3.8–6.6

 Homemaker/unemployed

469

7.7

5.3–10.1

445

3.4

1.7–5.1

 Others

258

8.5

5.1–12.0

207

6.3

2.9–9.6