Table 1. Soil-transmitted helminth infections in relation to socio-demographic characteristics of the pre-school aged children, Butajira, Southern Ethiopia, 2014.
| Variables | Infection status | X2-test | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Positive (%) | No. examined (%) | ||||
| Sex | Male | 41 (24.8) | 165 (43.8) | 0.372 | 0.542 |
| Female | 47 (22.2) | 212 (56.2) | |||
| Age group in months | 12–23 | 15 (14) | 107 (28.4) | 11.379 | 0.01** |
| 24–35 | 26 (21.7) | 120 (31.8) | |||
| 36–47 | 36 (33) | 109 (28.9) | |||
| 48–59 | 11 (26.8) | 41 (10.9) | |||
| Family Size | Below 5 | 53 (21.8) | 224 (40.6) | 0.896 | 0.344 |
| 5 or Higher | 35 (26.1) | 153 (59.4) | |||
| Mother’s (guardian’s) Education | No formal education | 37 (37.8) | 98 (26) | 16.496 | 0.001** |
| Primary | 37 (20.2) | 183 (48.5) | |||
| Secondary | 7 (14.3) | 49 (13) | |||
| Above secondary | 7 (14.1) | 47 (12.5) | |||
| Mother’s (guardian’s) Occupation | Merchant | 45 (23.8) | 189 (50.1) | NA | 0.54* |
| Employed | 9 (16.1) | 56 (14.9) | |||
| House wife | 30 (25.6) | 117 (31) | |||
| Others b | 4 (26.7) | 15 (4) | |||
b student, farmer, daily laborer,
*Fisher’s exact,
**chi-square test.