Table 2 The overall prevalence of the soil transmitted helminthes and the significance of associated risk factors among school children in Gurage zone southern Ethiopia (January to December 30, 2017) (n = 600)
Variables | Soil transmitted helminthes | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | Total | ||
Gender | ||||
Male | 314 (89.97%) | 35 (10.03%) | 349 (58.17) | > 0.05 |
Female | 228 (90.84%) | 23 (9.16%) | 251 (41.83%) | 1 |
Age group | ||||
< 6 | 7 (77.78%) | 2 (22.22%) | 9 (1.5%) | 1 |
6–10 | 268 (89.63%) | 31 (10.37%) | 299 (49.83%) | > 0.05 |
11–15 | 240 (90.91%) | 24 (9.09%) | 264 (44.0%) | > 0.05 |
> 15 | 28 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 28 (4.67%) | > 0.05 |
Districts | ||||
Abeshege | 271 (91.25%) | 26 (8.75%) | 297 (49.50%) | > 0.05 |
Kebena | 182 (91.24%) | 18 (8.76%) | 200 (33.33%) | > 0.05 |
Cheha | 88 (86.27%) | 14 (13.73%) | 103 (17.00%) | 1 |
Mother’s education | ||||
Illiterate | 254 (91.67%) | 23 (8.30%) | 277 (46.17%) | > 0.016 |
Informal | 1 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.17%) | > 0.05 |
Primary | 249 (89.89%) | 31 (11.07%) | 280 (46.67%) | > 0.05 |
Secondary | 33 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 33 (5.5%) | > 0.05 |
University | 6 (66.67%) | 3 (33.33%) | 9 (1.5%) | 1 |
Play in the soil | ||||
Yes | 496 (90.18%) | 54 (9.82%) | 550 (91.67%) | > 0.05 |
No | 45 (91.49%) | 5 (8.51%) | 50 (8.33%) | 1 |
Untrimmed finger | ||||
Yes | 257 (91.14%) | 27 (8.86%) | 284 (47.33%) | > 0.05 |
No | 283 (89.56%) | 33 (10.44%) | 316 (52.67%) | 1 |
Nail biting habit | ||||
Yes | 287 (90.54%) | 30 (9.46%) | 317 (52.83%) | > 0.05 |
No | 255 (90.88%) | 28 (9.12%) | 283 (47.17%) | 1 |
Have private toilet | ||||
Yes | 514 (90.37) | 55 (9.63%) | 569 (94.83%) | > 0.05 |
No | 30 (96.77%) | 1 (3.23%) | 31 (5.17%) | 1 |