Predictors for presence and abundance of small mammals in households of villages endemic for commensal rodent plague in Yunnan Province, China

Yin, Jia-Xiang; Geater, Alan; Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi; Dong, Xing-Qi; Du, Chun-Hong; Zhong, You-Hong; McNeil, Edward

doi:10.1186/1472-6785-8-18

Table 2 Distribution of total small mammal, R. flavipectus and S. murinus household captures, and reported household sightings or capture of small mammals, according to variables considered as initial candidate variables for initial multivariate modelling.

From: Predictors for presence and abundance of small mammals in households of villages endemic for commensal rodent plague in Yunnan Province, China

	Total small mammal captures^a				R. flavipectus captures^a				S. murinus captures^a			Small mammal presence^b
Variable	0	1	2~5	P^c	0	1	2~5	P^c	0	1~3	P^c	No	Yes	P^d
Ethnic group				0.025				0.023			0.640			0.643
Han and other	130	13	5		134	10	4		143	5		44	104
Dai	360	61	31		379	46	27		431	21		145	305
Type of food storage				0.006				0.004			0.009			0.308
Sack	140	19	9		142	17	9		166	2		51	117
Metal drum	44	9	7		47	7	6		56	4		14	46
Wood drum	115	20	10		120	16	9		139	6		44	100
Other	191	26	10		204	16	7		213	14		80	146
Keeping cat				0.008				0.006			0.351			<0.001
No cat	166	34	18		177	25	16		205	13		40	178
Sleep in house	252	33	15		263	24	14		291	10		114	185
Not sleep in house	47	5	2		49	4	1		52	2		26	28
Missing	24	2	1		24	3	0		26	1		9	18
Keeping dog				0.043				0.001			0.004			0.091
No	311	46	18		329	33	13		355	20		128	246
Yes	179	28	18		184	23	18		219	6		61	163
Keeping chicken				0.168				0.237			0.475			0.436
No	131	22	13		137	19	10		158	8		48	118
Yes	359	52	23		376	37	21		416	18		141	291
Keeping cattle				0.010				0.003			0.868			0.186
No	279	51	24		291	42	21		339	15		104	250
Yes	211	23	12		222	14	10		235	11		85	159
Keeping duck				0.626				0.250			0.061			0.191
No	465	72	32		488	54	27		543	26		183	384
Yes	25	2	4		25	2	4		31	0		6	25
House construction				0.275				0.517			0.230			0.143
Earth and wood	426	67	33		447	51	28		502	24		160	364
Brick and wood	64	7	3		66	5	3		72	2		29	45
Surroundings – house				0.010				0.060			0.038			0.068
No	74	5	2		75	4	2		80	1		18	63
Yes	416	69	34		438	52	29		494	25		171	346
Surroundings – canal				0.682				0.401			0.438			0.153
No	207	34	17		217	26	15		247	11		73	185
Yes	283	40	19		296	30	16		327	15		116	224
Vegetable grown near house				0.009				0.206			<0.001			0.774
No	234	45	22		250	34	17		282	19		93	208
Yes	256	29	14		263	22	14		292	7		96	201
Fruit grown near house				0.414				0.960			0.052			0.126
No	224	39	18		237	31	13		266	15		98	183
Yes	266	35	18		276	25	18		308	11		91	226
Maize grown near house				0.010				0.014			0.386			0.237
No	435	68	35		456	52	30		514	24		174	362
Yes	55	6	1		57	4	1		60	2		15	47
Sugarcane grown near house				0.038				0.148			0.069			0.447
No	402	66	33		423	50	28		477	24		154	345
Yes	88	8	3		90	6	3		97	2		35	64
Waste disposal				0.888				0.764			0.668			0.048
Put in garden	29	5	2		30	4	2		35	1		13	23
Put in canal	330	48	26		346	37	8		386	18		114	288
Other	131	21	8		137	15	8		153	7		62	98
Rubbish dump near house				0.010				0.011			0.484			0.617
No	243	43	23		256	32	21		294	15		94	214
Yes	247	31	13		257	24	10		280	11		95	195
Location of toilet				0.003				0.007			0.395			0.053
No toilet	275	44	27		289	34	23		329	17		97	247
Inside house	34	5	4		37	2	4		40	3		19	24
Outside house	181	25	5		187	20	4		205	6		73	138

^aTotal number of households is 600.
^bTotal number of households is 598.
^cP value from likelihood ratio test in univariate Poisson regression model.
^dP value from chi square test.

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