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. 2021 Apr;13(2):243–247. doi: 10.18502/ijm.v13i2.5986

Table 1.

Distribution of Toxoplasma IgG results of donors. Significant differences were found in age groups, marital status, level of education, marital status, place of birth, residence type of community, pet feeding, farm-village life, consumption of raw meat, milk, egg, drinking supply, contact with soil features. *represents p-value ≤ 0.05

Demographic Feature Demographic Sub Feature Seropositivity p-value
Sex Male 207 (26.2%) 0.4357
Female 18 (22.0%)
Age (Years) 20-18 5 (9.4%) <0.0001*
30-21 45 (16.2%)
40-31 73 (25.9%)
50-41 78 (38.4%)
60-51 22 (43.1%)
>60 2 (40.0%)
Marital status Single 55 (18.2%) 0.0002*
Married 170 (30.0%)
Level of education Illiterate 2 (100.0%) <0.0001*
Primary School 42 (49.4%)
Middle School 29 (28.4%)
High school 58 (22.4%)
University 94 (22.2%)
Place of birth Rural 134 (36.0%) <0.0001*
City 91 (18.2%)
Residence type of community Rural 25 (37.3%) 0.0254*
City 200 (24.9%)
Job Public sector 75 (29.0%) 0.3548
Private sector 98 (24.8%)
Student-Unemployed 52 (23.8%)
Pet feeding No 210 (27.1%) 0.0115*
Yes 15 (15.3%)
Consumption of raw meat No 217 (25.4%) 0.0435*
Yes 8 (47.0 %)
Consumption of raw milk-egg No 210 (25.0%) 0.0130*
Yes 15 (44.1%)
Drinking water supply Carboy water 164 (24.0%) 0.0222*
Tap water 61 (32.3%)
Contact with the stray cat No 215 (25.7%) 0.7853
Yes 10 (27.7%)
Contact with soil No 145 (22.5%) <0.0001*
Yes 80 (35.4%)