Current Status of Schistosoma mansoni Infections and Associated Risk Factors among Students in Gorgora Town, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Distribution and association of S. mansoni by sociodemographic data among students (𝑛=579) of Gorgora Elementary School, Northwest Ethiopia, October 2010-November 2010.

Sociodemographic data	Total (𝑛=579)	Positive (S. mansoni)	𝑃 value	COR [95% CI]	AOR [95% CI]
Residence
Urban	293 (50.6)	70 (23.9)*	0.047	1.51 [1.00, 2.28]	1.89 [1.00, 3.33]
Rural	286 (49.4)	49 (17.1 )		1.00
Sex
Male	293 (50.6)	54 (18.4)	0.217	1.00
Female	286 (49.4)	65 (22.7)		1.30 [0.87, 1.95]	131 [0.86, 1.99]
Age
5–9	100 (17.3)	15 (15.0)	0.087	3.09 [0.99, 9.63]	2.73 [1.95, 14.0]
10–14	330 (57.0)	69 (20.9)		2.06 [0.73, 5.77]	2.70 [2.20, 5.07]
15–19	132 (22.8)	29 (22.0)		1.94 [0.66, 5.66]	2.51 [2.01, 3.37]
20+	17 (2.9)	6 (35.3)		1.00
Educational status of respondents (grade)
1–4	209 (36.1)	32 (15.3)	0.03	1.00
5–8	370 (63.9)	87 (23.5)		1.70 [1.09, 2.66]	2.64 [1.49, 4.66]
Father education
Unable to write and read	150 (25.9)	25 (16.7)	0.208	0.71 [0.44, 1.16]	0.82 [0.47, 1.45]
Able to write and read	429 (74.1)	94 (21.9 )		1.00
Mother education
Unable to write and read	290 (50.1)	55 (19.0 )	0.358	1.00
Able to write and read	289 (49.9)	64 (22.1 )		0.82 [0.55, 1.23]	0.93 [0.56, 1.50]
Father job
Government employee	370 (63.9)	81 (21.9 )	0.288	1.29 [0.82, 2.03]	1.01 [0.85, 2.50]
Farmer, fisher, daily laborer	209 (36.1)	38 (18.1 )		1.00
Mother job
House wife	442 (76.3)	86 (19.5 )	0.281	0.76 [0.48, 1.48]	0.60 [0.30, 7.53]
Daily laborer	137 (23.7)	33 (24.1 )		1.00

∗Figures in parenthesis indicate percentages.