Table 4.
Distribution of respondents’ practice and having suffered from schistosomiasis infection
| Factors | Having suffered from Schistosomiasis infection | Total n (%) |
Statistical Significance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n (%) |
No n (%) |
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| Working in the paddies | ||||
| Yes | 325 (74) | 113 (26) | 438 (100) | p = 0.144 |
| No | 17 (65) | 10 (35) | 27 (100) | |
| Frequency of visiting paddies | ||||
| Frequently | 284 (76) | 91 (24) | 375 (100) | p = 0.037 |
| Rarely | 38 (61) | 25 (39) | 63 (100) | |
| Wearing protective footwear while in the paddies | ||||
| Yes | 5 (56) | 4 (44) | 9 (100) | p = 0.142 |
| No | 320 (74) | 111 (26) | 431 (100) | |
| Handwashing after toilet visiting | ||||
| Yes | 176 (64) | 99 (36) | 275 (100) | p = 0.001 |
| No | 160 (84) | 30 (16) | 190 (100) | |
| Sanitation facility available at home | ||||
| Yes | 323 (73) | 119 (27) | 442 (100) | p = 0.014 |
| No | 20 (87) | 3 (13) | 23 (100) | |
| Raring Animal at home | ||||
| Yes | 178 (80) | 46 (20) | 224 (100) | p = 0.031 |
| No | 168 (70) | 73 (30) | 241 (100) | |
| H/Hold compound affected by floods | ||||
| Yes | 258 (78) | 75 (22) | 333 (100) | p = 0.005 |
| No | 84 (64) | 48 (36) | 132 (100) | |