Table 3.

Association of socio-demographic factors and study districts with seroprevalence rate of VL

Variable	Category	rk39-ICT			ELISA
		No. positive (%)	χ 2	P-value	No. positive (%)	χ 2	P-value
Study area	Gode	38 (12.7)	13.021	< 0.0001*	6 (2.0)	6.589	0.010
	Adadle	19 (31.1)			5 (8.2)
Sex	Female	35 (17.2)	0.660	0.417	7 (3.4)	0.234	0.628
	Male	22 (14.0)			4 (2.5)
Age group	0–14	28 (20.4)	4.097	0.251	6 (4.4)	1.683	0.641
	15–29	15 (14.3)			3 (2.9)
	30–44	8 (10.5)			1 (1.3)
	> 44	6 (14.0)			1 (2.3)
Occupation	Farmer	19 (16.1)	8.353	0.079	4 (3.4)	2.432	0.657
	House worker/wife	4 (6.5)			1 (1.6)
	Student/cattle keeper	30 (21.3)			6 (4.3)
	Employed	1 (7.7)			0 (0)
	Private	3 (11.1)			0 (0)
House type (wall)	Mud/wood	39 (15.1)	0.526	0.769	10 (3.9)	2.253	0.324
	Mud/stone	12 (18.8)			1 (1.6)
	Wood	6 (15.8)			0 (0)
Sleeping outdoors	Yes	40 (20.8)	7.847	0.005	6 (3.1)	0.008	0.927
	No	17 (10.1)			5 (3.0)
Domestic animal	Yes	54 (19.4)	11.743	0.001*	10 (3.6)	1.200	0.273
	No	3 (3.7)			1 (1.2)
Acacia tree	Yes	47 (28.8)	38.043	< 0.0001*	7 (4.3)	1.565	0.211
	No	10 (5.1)			4 (2.0)
Termite mounds	Yes	44 (34.6)	52.393	< 0.0001*	5 (3.9)	0.525	0.469
	No	13 (5.6)			6 (2.6)

*P < 0.01