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Table 1 Participant demographics and site characteristics

From: SARS-CoV-2 exposure in Malawian blood donors: an analysis of seroprevalence and variant dynamics between January 2020 and July 2021

 

Balaka

Blantyre

Lilongwe

Mzuzu

Overall

Region

Eastern

Southern

Central

Northern

–

Rural/urban

Rural

Urban

Urban

Urban

–

Pop density (persons/km2)j

205

3334

2455

1516

–

Sampling frame

All locations

Static

Static

Static

–

Gender, % male (N)

68.9% (825)

77.6% (1049)

64.5% (856)

79.6% (962)

72.6% (3692)

Age, median (IQR)

20.8 (19.7–24.9)

26.9 (21.9–34.1)

30.1 (23.8–37.9)

24.6 (20.2–31.6)

25.0 (20.7–33.2)

Sample size

1198

1351

1328

1208

5085

  1. IQR interquartile range, km kilometre
  2. jSource: 2018 Malawi Population and Housing Census main report