These data record the occurrence of a human parasitic worm infection in residents of a rural community in China.
The variables are:
Age | age of the resident |
Infection | presence (1) or absence (0) of infection |
Sex | male (1) or female (2) |
The background to the data, and an analysis, are described by Weidong et al. (1996), Ascaris, people and pigs in a rural community of Jiangxi province, China, Parasitology 113, 545-57.