. 2020 Jul 6;35(1):126. doi: 10.4102/sajid.v35i1.126

TABLE 4.

Pearson’s χ² test of factors affecting the willingness of learners and teachers to receive treatment at school.

General description		Pearson’s χ² test				Multivariable analysis
Factor	Variable	Would accept treatment at school		χ ²	p ^*	Adjusted OR	95% CI	p ^*
Factor	Variable	%	95% CI	χ ²	p ^*	Adjusted OR	95% CI	p ^*
Grade	-	-	-	3.877	0.049	-	-	-
	5	72.5	67.7–76.8	-	-	1	-	-
	7	65.6	60.0–70.8	-	-	0.707	0.492–0.061	0.061
Sex		-	-	1.335	0.248	-	-	-
	Female	67.6	62.6–72.2	-	-	-	-	-
	Male	71.7	66.3–76.5	-	-	-	-	-
District	-	-	-	2.173	0.141	-	-	-
	iLembe	67.3	62.5–71.8	-	-	1.220	0.846–1.758	0.287
	uThungulu	72.5	66.9–77.5	-	-	1	-	-
Have had schistosomiasis	-	-	-	18.950	< 0.001	-	-	-
	No	64.6	59.9–69.0	-	-	1	-	-
	Yes	80.5	74.8–85.2	-	-	1.717	0.938–3.144	0.080
Taught at school about schistosomiasis	-	-	-	0.055	0.814	-	-	-
	No	70.4	66.1–74.4	-	-	-	-	-
	Yes	69.3	62.4–75.4	-	-	-	-	-
Taught at home about schistosomiasis	-	-	-	0.233	0.629	-	-	-
	No	68.8	64.3–73.0	-	-	-	-	-
	Yes	70.6	64.4–76.1	-	-	-	-	-
Perceive schistosomiasis as harmful	-	-	-	16.882	< 0.001	-	-	-
	No	59.3	52.6–65.7	-	-	1	-	-
	Yes	74.6	70.4–78.4	-	-	1.937	1.331–2.820	0.001
Have had red urine	-	-	-	15.462	< 0.001	-	-	-
	No	64.5	59.9–68.9	-	-	1	-	-
	Yes	78.9	73.1–83.7	-	-	0.784	0.417–1.471	0.448
Have had pain during urination	-	-	-	39.575	< 0.001	-	-	-
	No	60.8	56.0–65.5	-	-	1	-	-
	Yes	83.3	78.2–87.5	-	-	2.923	1.848–4.624	< 0.001
Knew how people get schistosomiasis	-	-	-	1.821	0.178	-	-	-
	No	65.7	58.3–72.5	-	-	1	-	-
	Yes	71.1	66.9–75.1	-	-	0.973	0.643– 1.475	0.899

CI, confidence interval.

, p < 0.05 is the level of statistical significance; variables p < 0.2 were not included in regression analysis.