Table 4.
Seropositivity rates of anti-dengue virus infections according to sociodemographic features
| Anti-Dengue IgM (N = 410) | Anti-Dengue IgG (N = 367) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | N° tested | N° +ve (%) | X2; P-value |
N° tested | N° +ve (%) | X2; p-value |
|
| Sex | Male | 183 | 46(25.1) | 0.045; 0.832 | 167 | 54(32.3) | 6.123; 0.013 |
| Female | 227 | 55(24.2) | 200 | 90(45.0) | |||
|
Age (years) |
5–10 | 40 | 5(12.5) | 4.950; 0.422 | 37 | 21(56.8) | 10.045; 0.074 |
| 11–20 | 105 | 28(26.7) | 99 | 35(35.4) | |||
| 21–30 | 148 | 36(24.3) | 129 | 42(32.6) | |||
| 31–40 | 57 | 18(31.6) | 48 | 23(47.9) | |||
| 41–50 | 34 | 8(23.5) | 30 | 14(46.7) | |||
| 51 and above | 26 | 6(23.1) | 24 | 9(37.5) | |||
| Education status | No formal education | 191 | 46(24.1) | 3.484; 0.323 | 175 | 67(38.3) | 0.336; 0.953 |
| Grade 1-8th | 126 | 32(25.4) | 109 | 45(41.3) | |||
| Grade 9-12th | 70 | 14(20.0) | 66 | 25(37.9) | |||
| College diploma or above | 23 | 9(39.1) | 17 | 7(41.2) | |||
| Resident | Urban | 206 | 49(23.8) | 0.160; 0.689 | 192 | 82(42.7) | 2.035; 0.154 |
| Rural | 204 | 52(25.5) | 175 | 62(35.4) | |||
| Occupational status | Agro/pastoralist | 41 | 11(26.8) | 1.048; 0.790 | 33 | 8(24.4) | 5.147; 0.161 |
| Government/private worker | 148 | 40(27.0) | 134 | 59(44.0) | |||
| Housewife | 114 | 26(22.8) | 101 | 36(35.6) | |||
| Students | 107 | 24(22.4) | 99 | 41(41.4) | |||
| Marital status | Married | 248 | 66(26.6) | 1.324; 0.250 | 218 | 80(36.7) | 1.452; 0.228 |
| Non-married | 162 | 35(21.6) | 149 | 64(42.9) | |||
| Religion | Muslim | 251 | 54(21.5) | 3.394; 0.065 | 222 | 85(38.3) | 0.212; 0.645 |
| Christians | 159 | 47(29.6) | 145 | 59(40.7) | |||
| Ethnicity | Afar | 199 | 44(22.1) | 1.326; 0.249 | 170 | 61(35.9) | 1.495; 0.221 |
| Others | 211 | 57(27.0) | 197 | 83(42.1) | |||
| Districts | Amibara | 244 | 64(26.2) | 2.545; 0.280 | 225 | 85(37.8) | 1.217; 0.544 |
| Awash Sebat | 125 | 31(24.8) | 121 | 52(43.0) | |||
| Harunka | 41 | 6(14.6) | 21 | 7(33.3) | |||
| Health institutes | Awash Arba | 200 | 58(29.0) | 7.130; 0.068 | 200 | 75(37.5) | 1.275; 0.735 |
| Awash Sebat | 125 | 31(24.8) | 121 | 52(42.9) | |||
| Sidafage | 44 | 6(13.6) | 25 | 10(40.0) | |||
| Andido | 41 | 6(14.6) | 21 | 7(33.3) | |||
| Malaria parasite | Negative | 366 | 83(22.7) | 7.032; 0.008 | 326 | 126(38.6) | 0.421; 0.516 |
| Positive | 44 | 18(40.9) | 41 | 18(43.9) | |||