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. 2015 Nov 20;9(11):e0004248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004248

Table 3. Correlations between the village-level prevalence of current infection with cysticercosis and village-level variables in 60 villages of Burkina Faso, 2011–2012.

Variable Linear regression correlation coefficient (95% CI)
Percentage of pigs roaming or tethered during the rainy season and roaming during the dry season -0.01 (-0.06;0.04)
Percentage of households practicing home slaughtering 0.02 (-0.05;0.09)
Percentage of household with home slaughtering for which meat inspection is practiced -0.01 (-0.06;0.05)
Percentage of households owning pigs 0.04 (0.00;0.08)
pH level in soil -0.86 (-1.97;0.25)
Percentage of silt in soil -0.07 (-0.13;-0.01)
Percentage of sand in soil 0.06 (0.00;0.11)
Percentage of clay in soil -0.01 (-0.11;0.10)
Percentage self-reporting using latrines to defecate -0.01 (-0.07;0.05)
Percentage of households in which mothers declared that family members had access to a latrine 0.00 (-0.05;0.06)
Percentage with wealth quintile of 4 or 5 0.03 (-0.03;0.09)
Percentage of participants who reported ever having had a tapeworm 0.14 (0.00;0.28)
Percentage of participants who reported ever heard about tapeworm, but never had one -0.03 (-0.11;0.05)
Percentage of participants declaring eating pork 0.04 (0.00;0.08)
Percentage of participants declaring eating pork only at someone’s household (including own) 0.08 (0.02;0.13)
Percentage of participants declaring eating pork at the market (village market or other) 0.02 (-0.06;0,10)