Soil-Transmitted Helminth Reinfection and Associated Risk Factors among School-Age Children in Chencha District, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of school-age children and STH infection among SAC Chencha district, southern Ethiopia.

Variable	Variable value	Frequency (%)	STH infected (%)	AL infected (%)	TT infected (%)
Place of residence	Rural	359 (87.8)	131 (36.8)	85 (23.8)	59 (16.5)
	Semiurban	21 (5.1)	5 (23.8)	3 (14.3)	2 (9.5)
	Urban	29 (7.1)	13 (44.8)	8 (27.6)	5 (17.2)
Sex of SAC	Male	203 (49.5)	76 (37.62)	51 (25.2)	29 (14.4)
	Female	207 (50.5)	74 (35.92)	46 (22.3)	37 (18.0)
Age of SAC	5–9	174 (42.4)	72 (41.4)	44 (25.3)	37 (21.3)
	10–14	236 (57.6)	78 (33.3)	53 (22.7)	29 (12.4)
Level of education (grade)	One	66 (16.1)	29 (43.9)	19 (28.8)	13 (19.7)
	Two	99 (24.2)	33 (33.3)	19 (19.2)	13 (13.1)
	Three	114 (27.8)	46 (40.4)	35 (30.7)	20 (17.5)
	Four	131 (31.9)	42 (32.6)	24 (18.6)	20 (15.5)
House ownership	Owned	402 (98.3)	146 (36.5)	96 (24.0)	62 (15.5)
	Rented	7 (1.7)	3 (42.9)	1 (14.3)	3 (42.9)
Household size	< or = 5	95 (24.2)	27 (28.4)	16 (16.8)	15 (15.8)
	>5	297 (75.8)	112 (38.0)	73 (24.8)	47 (15.9)
Age of child’s mother	< or = 35	149 (37.5)	54 (36.5)	35 (23.7)	24 (16.2)
	36–45	192 (48.4)	70 (36.7)	46 (24.1)	30 (15.7)
	>45	56 (14.1)	23 (41.1)	14 (25)	11 (19.6)
Mother’s educational status	< or = primary	372 (93.0)	136 (36.8)	85 (22.9)	61 (16.5)
	5–10	19 (4.75)	7 (36.8)	7 (36.8)	3 (15.8)
	>10	9 (2.25)	3 (33.3)	2 (22.2)	1 (11.1)
Occupation of mothers	Housewife	206 (51.2)	74 (36.3)	52 (25.5)	28 (13.7)
	Merchant	46 (11.4)	22 (47.8)	12 (26.1)	12 (26.1)
	Civil servant	11 (2.7)	4 (36.4)	2 (18.2)	2 (18.2)
	Farmer	127 (31.6)	42 (33.1)	25 (19.7)	20 (17.8)
	Daily laborer	12 (3.0)	5 (41.7)	4 (33.3)	3 (25.0)
Occupation of child’s father	Weaver	114 (27.9)	35 (31.0)	26 (23.0)	12 (10.6)
	Merchant	16 (3.9)	10 (62.5)	5 (31.2)	5 (31.3)
	Civil servant	31 (7.6)	12 (38.7)	7 (22.6)	6 (19.4)
	Farmer	209 (51.1)	75 (36.1)	48 (23.1)	33 (15.9)
	Others	39 (9.5)	17 (43.6)	10 (25.6)	10 (25.6)

AL: A. lumbricoides; TT: T. trichiura.