Table 1.
Intestinal Parasite Infections in Relation to Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Children Aged 6 to 59 Months and Their Parents/Guardians in Mekane Eyesus Primary Hospital, Northcentral Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 322).
| Variables | Category | IPI | χ2-test | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of positive (%) | Total number (%) | ||||
| Sex | Male | 25 (17.7) | 141 (43.8) | 0.014 | .908 |
| Female | 33 (18.2) | 181 (56.2) | |||
| Family residence | Urban | 11 (9.6) | 114 (35.4) | 8.359 | .004* |
| Rural | 47 (22.6) | 208 (64.6) | |||
| Age in months | <24 | 17 (15.2) | 112 (34.8) | 0.985 | .611 |
| 24-36 | 23 (19.0) | 121 (37.6) | |||
| >36 | 18 (20.2) | 89 (27.6) | |||
| Mother’s (guardian’s) educational status | Illiterate | 18 (22.2) | 81 (25.2) | 3.705 | .295 |
| Able to read and write | 17 (20.0) | 85 (26.4) | |||
| Primary school | 10 (20.0) | 50 (15.5) | |||
| Secondary school and above | 13 (12.3) | 106 (32.9) | |||
| Mother’s (guardian’s) occupational status | Housewife | 17 (18.3) | 93 (28.9) | 7.885 | .019* |
| Farmer | 26 (26.0) | 100 (31.0) | |||
| Other a | 15 (11.6) | 129 (40.1) | |||
| Religion of mother’s (guardian’s) | Orthodox | 50 (18.2) | 275 (85.4) | 0.037 | .848 |
| Muslim | 8 (17.0) | 47 (14.6) | |||
| Family size | ≤3 | 7 (12.1) | 58 (18.0) | 6.895 | .032* |
| 3-5 | 29 (15.8) | 184 (57.1) | |||
| >5 | 22 (27.5) | 80 (24.9) | |||
a
Government employee and merchant.
*
P < .05.
Bold: statistically significant association.