Table 2.

Univariate logistic regression of school-age children's sociodemographic factors and any of the three STH infections in Chencha district, southern Ethiopia.

Variable	Variable value	Frequency (%)	STH infected (%)	Crude OR (95% CI)	P value
Place of residence	Rural	359 (87.8)	131 (36.8)	1
	Semiurban	21 (5.1)	5 (23.8)	0.5 (0.19–1.51)	0.238
	Urban	29 (7.1)	13 (44.8)	1.4 (0.65–3.01)	0.386
Sex of SAC	Male	203 (49.5)	76 (37.62)	1	0.722
	Female	207 (50.5)	74 (35.92)	0.9 (0.62–1.39)
Age of SAC	5–9	174 (42.4)	72 (41.4)	1	0.096
	10–14	236 (57.6)	78 (33.3)	0.7 (0.47–1.06)
Level of education (grade)	One	66 (16.1)	29 (43.9)	1
	Two	99 (24.2)	33 (33.3)	0.6 (0.34–1.21)	0.169
	Three	114 (27.8)	46 (40.4)	0.8 (0.47–1.59)	0.638
	Four	131 (31.9)	42 (32.6)	0.6 (0.33–1.33)	0.119
House ownership	Owned	402 (98.3)	146 (36.5)	1	0.730
	Rented	7 (1.7)	3 (42.9)	1.3 (0.29–5.91)
Household size	< or = 5	95 (24.2)	27 (28.4)	1	0.092
	>5	297 (75.8)	112 (38.0)	1.5 (0.93–2.55)
Age of child's mother	< or = 35	149 (37.5)	54 (36.5)	1
	36–45	192 (48.4)	70 (36.7)	1.0 (0.64–1.57)	0.975
	>45	56 (14.1)	23 (41.1)	1.2 (0.65–2.27)	0.547
Mother's educational status	< or = primary	372 (93.0)	136 (36.8)	1
	5–10	19 (4.75)	7 (36.8)	1.0 (0.39–2.61)	0.994
	>10	9 (2.25)	3 (33.3)	0.9 (0.21–3.49)	0.833
Occupation of mothers	Housewife	206 (51.2)	74 (36.3)	1
	Merchant	46 (11.4)	22 (47.8)	1.6 (0.84–3.07)	0.148
	Civil servant	11 (2.7)	4 (36.4)	1.0 (0.28–3.54)	0.995
	Farmer	127 (31.6)	42 (33.1)	0.9 (0.54–1.38)	0.553
	Daily laborer	12 (3.0)	5 (41.7)	1.2 (0.38–4.09)	0.707
Occupation of child's father	Weaver	114 (27.9)	35 (31.0)	1
	Merchant	16 (3.9)	10 (62.5)	3.7 (1.25–11.02)	0.018
	Civil servant	31 (7.6)	12 (38.7)	1.4 (0.62–3.21)	0.417
	Farmer	209 (51.1)	75 (36.1)	1.3 (0.77–2.05)	0.360
	Others	39 (9.5)	17 (43.6)	1.7 (0.82–3.64)	0.154