Table 2.

Study participants' responses on associated risk factors among school children in Jiga town and its surrounding rural “Kebeles”, March 2019, (n = 362).

Associated risk factors	Frequency	Percent
Shoes wearing habit
Sometimes	85	23.5
Usually	156	43.1
Regularly	121	33.4
Use toilet
Yes	199	55
No	163	45
Swimming in river water
Yes	211	58.3
No	151	41.7
Contact with river water
Yes	355	98.1
No	7	1.9
Drinking water source
Tap	223	61.6
River/well	139	34.8