Table 2.
Univariate analysis of socio-demographic characteristics and their association with soil-transmitted helminths in the birth cohort, Butajira Ethiopia, 2007
| Demographic variables | N (%) | Soil-transmitted helminths in the mother (N = 908) | Soil-transmitted helminths in the child (N = 905) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Crude OR (95%CI) | P-value | n (%) | Crude OR (95%CI) | P-value | ||
| Male gender | 460 (50.7) | - | - | - | 18 (3.9) | 0.66 (0.36, 1.23) | 0.190 |
| Urban residence | 118 (13.0) | 37 (31.4) | 0.48 (0.32,0.73) | 0.001 | 10 (8.6) | 2.07 (1.00, 4.32) | 0.052 |
| Mother's Age | 0.949 | 0.442 | |||||
| 15-24 | 351 (38.7) | 155 (44.2) | 1 | 0.759$ | 21 (6.0) | 1 | 0.224$ |
| 25-34 | 424 (46.7) | 183 (43.2) | 0.96 (0.72,1.28) | 18 (4.3) | 0.70 (0.37, 1.33) | ||
| 35-44 | 133 (14.7) | 57 (42.9) | 0.95 (0.63,1.42) | 5 (3.8) | 0.61 (0.23, 1.66) | ||
| Ethnicity | 0.280 | 0.550 | |||||
| Meskan | 429 (47.3) | 183 (42.7) | 1 | 21 (4.9) | 1 | ||
| Mareko | 118 (13.0) | 57 (48.3) | 1.26 (0.83,1.89) | 8 (6.8) | 1.41 (0.61, 3.27) | ||
| Silti | 211 (23.2) | 98 (46.5) | 1.17 (0.84,1.62) | 7 (3.3) | 0.67 (0.28, 1.60) | ||
| Others* | 150 (16.5) | 57 (38.0) | 0.82 (0.56,1.21) | 8 (5.4) | 1.10 (0.48, 2.54) | ||
| Mother's Education | 0.138 | 0.124 | |||||
| No education | 639 (70.2) | 290 (45.4) | 1 | 0.051$ | 32 (5.0) | 1 | 0.830$ |
| Read write£ | 86 (9.5) | 37 (43.0) | 0.91 (0.58, 1.43) | 1 (1.2) | 0.22 (0.03, 1.65) | ||
| Formal education | 183 (20.2) | 68 (37.2) | 0.71 (0.51, 1.00) | 11 (6.0) | 1.22 (0.60, 2.46) | ||
| Mother's Occupation | 0.428 | 0.700 | |||||
| House wife | 762 (83.9) | 338 (44.4) | 1 | 38(5.0) | 1 | ||
| Trade related | 104 (11.5) | 42 (40.4) | 0.85 (0.56,1.29) | 5 (4.9) | 0.97 (0.37,2.52) | ||
| Others♀ | 42 (4.6) | 15 (35.7) | 0.70 (0.36, 1.33) | 1 (2.4) | 0.46 (0.06, 3.46) | ||
| Home ownership | 822 (90.5) | 367 (44.7) | 1.67 (1.04, 2.68) | 0.033 | 37 (4.5) | 0.53 (0.23, 1.24) | 0.143 |
| TV/Radio ownership | 466 (51.4) | 197 (42.3) | 0.91 (0.70, 1.18) | 0.467 | 27 (5.8) | 1.52 (0.82, 2.84) | 0.184 |
* Sodo, Dobi, Oromo, Amhara,
♀ Farm related, profession related, trade related and daily laborer, $p for trend
£ read and write but have no formal education
N = total number of study participants, n = number of outcome for each exposure