Here, again, the fictional women of the commune share the characteristics of slutty, irrational, moody and unintelligent.
Each questionnaire contained data about age, sex, and socioprofessional characteristics and "commune" (smallest French administrative unit) of living.
We collected information about individual characteristics of commune health workers, including sociodemographics, areas of expertise and employment, training and education, and length of service.
For Suoi Giang, 4 villages were selected that had varying distances from the commune center and different population characteristics.
However, conditionally on age and the sociodemographic characteristics of the Commune of residence, which were accounted for in adjusted or stratified analyses, known or suspected risk factors are not likely to differ markedly within vs outside the 50-m distance from the VHV-HVOL.
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the municipality (Commune) of residence were also used as contextual variables.
For Phieng Luong, 4 villages were selected that had varying distances from the commune center and different ethnic population characteristics.
Within each district there seems to be similar demographic characteristics between severely flooded commune and its control, which is a good indicator of comparability at baseline between the two types of sites and for our later comparisons of flood impacts on health access and health conditions.
These studies concluded there were no significant differences in the characteristics of participants between communes [ 5, 20].
The association between AL and living <50 m from a VHV-HVOL appeared more marked, although not significantly so, in the Communes with less-favorable contextual socioeconomic characteristics: median income or percentage baccalaureate holders lower than the median value for the controls; percentage blue-collar workers greater than the median value for the controls.
Other characteristics of the CHSs and communes that could affect service use were identified and measured including: distance from the commune to the provincial RH care center or general hospital, number of reproductive age women, and population in the commune, availability of specialized services other than primary health care, and availability of government health insurance.
