Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and overall prevalence of intestinal helminth infestation in children.
| Characteristics | Number of participants (%) N = 225 |
Positive (%) n = 39 |
Negative (%) n = 186 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 127 (56.4) | 25 (64.1) | 102 (80.3) | 0.28 |
| Female | 98 (43.6) | 14 (35.9) | 84 (85.7) | |
| Age (months) | ||||
| 0–23 | 74 (32.9) | 1 (1.4) | 73 (98.6) | <0.0001 |
| 24–47 | 54 (24.0) | 5 (9.3) | 49 (90.7) | |
| 48–71 | 30 (13.3) | 4 (13.3) | 26 (86.7) | |
| 72–120 | 67 (29.8) | 29 (43.3) | 38 (56.7) | |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 191 (84.9) | 21 (10.9) | 170 (89.1) | <0.0001 |
| Rural | 34 (15.1) | 18 (52.9) | 16 (47.1) | |
| Parent occupation | ||||
| Employed | 172 (76.4) | 17 (9.9) | 155 (90.1) | <0.0001 |
| Not employed | 53 (23.6) | 22 (41.5) | 31 (58.5) | |
| Parents Education | ||||
| Never been to school | 28 (12.4) | 14 (50) | 14 (50) | <0.0001 |
| Primary school | 11 (4.9) | 7 (63.6) | 4 (36.4) | |
| Secondary school | 153 (68) | 17 (11.1) | 136 (88.9) | |
| Tertiary education | 33 (14.7) | 1 (3.1) | 32 96.9) | |
| Latrine at home | ||||
| Has latrine | 180 (80) | 16 (8.9) | 164 (91.1) | <0.0001 |
| Has no latrine | 45 (20) | 23 (51.1) | 22 (48.9) | |
| Hand wash after toilet | ||||
| Wash hand after toilet | 182 (80.9) | 10 (5.5) | 172 (94.5) | <0.0001 |
| Not washing hands | 43 (19.1) | 29 (67.4) | 14 (32.6) | |
| Fingernail dirty | ||||
| Present dirt in fingernail | 103 (45.8) | 35 (33.9) | 68 (66.1) | <0.0001 |
| No dirt in fingernail | 122 (54.2) | 4 (3.3) | 118 (96.7) |