Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of school-age children and STH infection among SAC Chencha district, southern Ethiopia.
| Variable | Variable value | Frequency (%) | STH infected (%) | AL infected (%) | TT infected (%) |
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| Place of residence | Rural | 359 (87.8) | 131 (36.8) | 85 (23.8) | 59 (16.5) |
| Semiurban | 21 (5.1) | 5 (23.8) | 3 (14.3) | 2 (9.5) | |
| Urban | 29 (7.1) | 13 (44.8) | 8 (27.6) | 5 (17.2) | |
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| Sex of SAC | Male | 203 (49.5) | 76 (37.62) | 51 (25.2) | 29 (14.4) |
| Female | 207 (50.5) | 74 (35.92) | 46 (22.3) | 37 (18.0) | |
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| Age of SAC | 5–9 | 174 (42.4) | 72 (41.4) | 44 (25.3) | 37 (21.3) |
| 10–14 | 236 (57.6) | 78 (33.3) | 53 (22.7) | 29 (12.4) | |
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| Level of education (grade) | One | 66 (16.1) | 29 (43.9) | 19 (28.8) | 13 (19.7) |
| Two | 99 (24.2) | 33 (33.3) | 19 (19.2) | 13 (13.1) | |
| Three | 114 (27.8) | 46 (40.4) | 35 (30.7) | 20 (17.5) | |
| Four | 131 (31.9) | 42 (32.6) | 24 (18.6) | 20 (15.5) | |
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| House ownership | Owned | 402 (98.3) | 146 (36.5) | 96 (24.0) | 62 (15.5) |
| Rented | 7 (1.7) | 3 (42.9) | 1 (14.3) | 3 (42.9) | |
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| Household size | < or = 5 | 95 (24.2) | 27 (28.4) | 16 (16.8) | 15 (15.8) |
| >5 | 297 (75.8) | 112 (38.0) | 73 (24.8) | 47 (15.9) | |
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| Age of child's mother | < or = 35 | 149 (37.5) | 54 (36.5) | 35 (23.7) | 24 (16.2) |
| 36–45 | 192 (48.4) | 70 (36.7) | 46 (24.1) | 30 (15.7) | |
| >45 | 56 (14.1) | 23 (41.1) | 14 (25) | 11 (19.6) | |
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| Mother's educational status | < or = primary | 372 (93.0) | 136 (36.8) | 85 (22.9) | 61 (16.5) |
| 5–10 | 19 (4.75) | 7 (36.8) | 7 (36.8) | 3 (15.8) | |
| >10 | 9 (2.25) | 3 (33.3) | 2 (22.2) | 1 (11.1) | |
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| Occupation of mothers | Housewife | 206 (51.2) | 74 (36.3) | 52 (25.5) | 28 (13.7) |
| Merchant | 46 (11.4) | 22 (47.8) | 12 (26.1) | 12 (26.1) | |
| Civil servant | 11 (2.7) | 4 (36.4) | 2 (18.2) | 2 (18.2) | |
| Farmer | 127 (31.6) | 42 (33.1) | 25 (19.7) | 20 (17.8) | |
| Daily laborer | 12 (3.0) | 5 (41.7) | 4 (33.3) | 3 (25.0) | |
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| Occupation of child's father | Weaver | 114 (27.9) | 35 (31.0) | 26 (23.0) | 12 (10.6) |
| Merchant | 16 (3.9) | 10 (62.5) | 5 (31.2) | 5 (31.3) | |
| Civil servant | 31 (7.6) | 12 (38.7) | 7 (22.6) | 6 (19.4) | |
| Farmer | 209 (51.1) | 75 (36.1) | 48 (23.1) | 33 (15.9) | |
| Others | 39 (9.5) | 17 (43.6) | 10 (25.6) | 10 (25.6) | |
AL: A. lumbricoides; TT: T. trichiura.