Table 2.

Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth parasites in the four selected public schools.

Parasites	Ta’al Model School			Lafia East Pilot Science Primary School			LGEA Mararaba			St. James Pilot Science Primary School			Total No. Examined	Total No. Infected	%	χ2	P Value
	No. Examined	No. Infected	%	No. Examined	No. Infected	%	No. Examined	No. Infected	%	No. Examined	No. Infected	%
Any infection	50	15	30	50	15	30	50	15	30	50	22	44	200	67	33.5	3.2993	0.3477
A. lumbricoides	50	7	14	50	6	12	50	6	12	50	7	14	200	26	13.0	0.17683	0.9812
T. trichiuria	50	3	6	50	3	6	50	4	8	50	5	10	200	15	7.5	0.79279	0.8512
Hookworm	50	4	8	50	4	8	50	3	6	50	5	10	200	16	8.0	0.54348	0.9092
S. stercoralis	50	1	2	50	0	0	50	1	2	50	3	6	200	5	2.5	3.8974	0.2728
Multiple infection	50	0	0	50	2	4	50	1	2	50	2	4	200	5	2.5	2.2564	0.5209