Table 2. Baseline and reinfection demographic and socioeconomic factors and intensity of infection of reinfected and non-reinfected students.
Study Sample (n = 506) | Reinfected (n = 111) | Not reinfected (n = 395) | p | ||||
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Variables | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Gender | |||||||
Male | 297 | 58.7 | 65 | 58.6 | 232 | 58.7 | 0.974 |
Female | 209 | 41.3 | 46 | 41.4 | 163 | 41.3 | |
Age (years) | |||||||
5–10 | 225 | 44.5 | 56 | 50.5 | 170 | 43 | 0.223 |
11–15 | 281 | 55.5 | 55 | 49.5 | 225 | 57 | |
Local | |||||||
Rural | 318 | 62.8 | 72 | 64.9 | 246 | 62.3 | 0.618 |
Urban | 188 | 37.2 | 39 | 35.1 | 149 | 37.7 | |
Intensity of infection | |||||||
Moderate-high | 209 | 41.3 | 71 | 64.0 | 138 | 34.9 | <0.001 |
Low | 297 | 58.7 | 40 | 36.0 | 257 | 65.1 | |
Education (Household head) | |||||||
None | 136 | 26.9 | 30 | 27.0 | 106 | 26.8 | |
Grades 1–4 | 216 | 42.7 | 55 | 49.5 | 161 | 40.8 | 0.145 |
Grades > 4 | 154 | 30.4 | 26 | 23.4 | 128 | 32.4 | |
Economic classification* | |||||||
Extremely poor | 184 | 36.4 | 39 | 35.1 | 145 | 36.7 | |
Very poor | 240 | 47.4 | 61 | 55.0 | 179 | 45.3 | 0.073 |
Poor | 82 | 16.2 | 11 | 9.9 | 71 | 18 |
*Note that no household reached the “medium” or “high” economic strata.