Table 3.

Percentage of children answering correctly to each of the questions used for the parasite-specific scores during a cross-sectional survey in 25 schools of western Côte d’Ivoire in May 2014 (N = 2283)

Helminth infection	Question	% of children answering correctly
S. mansoni	Can you become infected if you play in dirty water?	61.8
Hookworm	Should you defecate in latrines?	82.5
A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura combined	Can you become infected if you do not wash your hands before eating?	65.2
	Can you become infected if you drink water from the river?	45.5
	Can you become infected if you eat unwashed fruits or vegetables?	55.4