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Table 1 Number of times out of 5000 that each water contact type was chosen by rpart to form a data-adaptive classification tree.

From: Using variable importance measures from causal inference to rank risk factors of schistosomiasis infection in a rural setting in China

Water contact type	Number of times chosen	Percentage
April	4608	92.2%
June	4602	92.0%
Total	4283	85.7%
Tool washing	4067	81.3%
Ditch digging	3825	76.5%
Rice planting	3677	73.5%
May	3652	73.0%
September	3326	66.5%
July	3181	63.6%
Bathing	3073	61.5%
October	2787	55.7%
Swimming	2481	49.6%
Laundry	2133	42.7%
August	1892	37.8%
Fishing	69	1.4%

Data to form each tree were obtained by re-sampling the 1011 individuals with replacement.

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