Table 7.
Associations of attitude and practices of the participants towards schistosomiasis with their employment status and household monthly income
| Variable | Employment status | Household monthly income | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not working | working | OR | 95 % CI | <YR20,000 | ≥ YR20,000 | OR | 95 % CI | |
| Attitude: | ||||||||
| Serious disease | 92(73.0) | 86(82.7) | 1.8 | 0.9, 3.4 | 105(75.0) | 73(80.2) | 1.4 | 0.7, 2.6 |
| Practices: | ||||||||
| Swimming/bathing in open water source | 32(22.5) | 34(31.8) | 1.6 | 0.9, 2.8 | 38(24.1) | 29(31.2) | 1.4 | 0.8, 2.5 |
| Indiscriminate defaecation/urination | 108(75.5) | 40(37.4) | 0.2 | 0.2, 0.3* | 120(76.4) | 28(30.1) | 0.1 | 0.1, 0.2* |
| Fetching water from ponds/streams | 78(54.4) | 61(57.0) | 1.1 | 0.7, 1.8 | 88(55.7) | 51(54.8) | 1.0 | 0.6, 1.6 |
| Washing clothes & utensil in open water | 41(28.7) | 43(39.8) | 1.6 | 0.9, 2.8 | 47(29.7) | 36(39.1) | 1.5 | 0.9, 2.6 |
| Wearing shoes when outside | 81(57.0) | 105(97.2) | 19.4 | 8.0, 47.1* | 100(63.7) | 86(92.5) | 7.0 | 3.0, 16.2* |
| Drinking untreated water | 100(70.4) | 73(67.6) | 0.9 | 0.5, 1.5 | 108(68.8) | 65(69.9) | 1.1 | 0.6, 1.8 |
| Seeking treatment from clinic for GIT and urinary tract symptoms | 110(77.5) | 93(86.1) | 1.8 | 0.9, 2.5 | 124(79.0) | 79(84.9) | 1.5 | 0.8, 3.0 |
All values are number (%). OR, Odds ratio. CI, Confidence interval. *Significant association (P < 0.05)