Table 4.

Relationship between explanatory variables and Entamoeba histolytica/dispar infection among school children in Jaragedo town, South Gondar Zone, Ethiopia.

Term	Parameter estimate	Standard error	χ 2	P value
Intercept	0.490	0.496	0.98	0.3229
Age (11 to 14)	0.330	0.310	1.13	0.2877
Age (15 to 16)	−0.141	0.330	0.18	0.6680
Age (17 and above)	0.082	0.391	0.04	0.8340
Sex (female)	−0.017	0.125	0.02	0.8864
Residence (rural)	0.164	0.163	1.01	0.3140
Grade (1 to 4)	0.194	0.455	0.18	0.6690
Grade (5 to 8)	0.167	0.263	0.41	0.5238
Father education level(Church education)	0.122	0.466	0.07	0.7938
Father education level (college and above)	0.779	0.938	0.69	0.4064
Father education level (illiterate)	−0.287	0.340	0.71	0.3981
Father education level (primary education)	−0.127	0.370	0.12	0.7296
Father's occupation (farming)	0.136	0.180	0.57	0.4485
Hand washing after toile (no)	−0.535	0.240	4.95	0.0262
Eating unwashed vegetable (no)	0.148	0.166	0.80	0.3722
Eating raw meat (no)	−0.411	0.137	8.96	0.0028
Shoe wearing (always)	−0.081	0.257	0.10	0.7523
Shoe wearing (no at all)	0.044	0.378	0.01	0.9068
Water source (both tap and river)	−0.443	0.181	5.99	0.0144
Water source (river)	−0.418	0.251	2.76	0.0967
Family economic status (middle income)	0.421	0.258	2.66	0.1026
Family economic status (poor)	0.382	0.383	1.00	0.3178
Family economic status (rich)	0.418	0.342	1.49	0.2217
Family size (5 members)	0.339	0.218	2.42	0.1199
Family size (6 members)	−0.451	0.201	5.04	0.0248
Family size (7 and above)	0.076	0.246	0.10	0.7553
Waste disposal system ( burry underground)	0.142	0.180	0.62	0.4302
Toilet type (common pit latrine)	0.162	0.561	0.08	0.7727
Toilet type (open space)	−0.257	0.464	0.31	0.5799
Nail cleanness (not clean)	−0.020	0.140	0.02	0.8835