Cross-Sectional Study on Assessment of Frequency of Intestinal Helminth Infections and Its Related Risk Factors among School Children from Adola Town, Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics with respect to their prevalence of IHs among school children from Adola, Ethiopia ().

Variables	Categories	Total number of examined, N (%)	Intestinal helminths
			Positive, (%)	Negative, (%)		Df	value
School	Adola	188 (46.5)	50 (26.6)	138 (73.4)	8.404	2	0.015
	Bilu	106 (26.2)	43 (40.6)	63 (59.4)
	Kucho	110 (27.2)	44 (40)	66 (60)
Sex	Male	192 (47.5)	76 (39.6)	116 (60.4)	5.253	1	0.022
	Female	212 (52.5)	61 (28.8)	151 (71.2)
Age (Years)	6-10	141 (34.9)	68 (48.2)	73 (51.8)	23.895	3	0.001
	11-16	158 (39.1)	49 (31)	109 (69)
	16-20	76 (18.8)	15 (19.7)	61 (80.3)
	>20	29 (7.2)	5 (17.2)	24 (82.8)
Ethnicity	Oromo	359 (88.9)	123 (34.3)	236 (65.7)	1.480	3	0.687
	Amhara	9 (2.2)	3 (33.3)	6 (66.6)
	SNNP	21 (5.2)	8 (38)	13 (62)
	Other	15 (3.7)	3 (20)	12 (80)
Religion	Muslim	101 (25.0)	30 (29.7)	71 (70.3)	3.589	3	0.309
	Orthodox	41 (10.1)	10 (24.4)	31 (75.6)
	Protestant	243 (60.1)	90 (37)	153 (63)
	Catholic	19 (4.7)	7 (36.8)	12 (63.2)
Educational level of students	Grades 1-4	175 (43.3)	86 (49)	89 (51)	39.396	7	0.001
	Grades 5-8	229 (56.7)	51 (22.3)	178 (77.7)
Educational level of father	Illiterate	182 (45.0)	72 (39.6)	110 (60.4)	8.928	4	0.063
	Elementary school	141 (34.9)	48 (34)	93 (66)
	Secondary and preparatory	44 (10.9)	10 (22.7)	34 (77.3)
	College	29 (7.2)	5 (17.2)	24 (82.8)
	University and above	8 (2.0)	2 (25)	6 (75)
Educational level of mother	Illiterate	216 (53.5)	84 (61.3)	132 (49.4)	6.482	4	0.166
	Elementary school	101 (25.0)	31 (30.7)	70 (69.3)
	Secondary and preparatory	52 (12.9)	12 (23)	40 (77)
	College	29 (7.2)	9 (31)	20 (69)
	University and above	6 (1.5)	1 (17)	5 (83)
Father occupation	Merchant	62 (15.3)	20 (32.3)	42 (67.7)	9.844	4	0.043
	Daily laborer	85 (21.0)	25 (29.4)	60 (70.6)
	Government employee	32 (7.9)	7 (22)	25 (78)
	Private employee	53 (13.1)	13 (24.5)	40 (75.5)
	Farmer	172 (42.6)	72 (42)	100 (58)
Mother occupation	Merchant	61 (15.1)	20 (32.8)	41 (67.2)	2.697	4	0.610
	Daily laborer	83 (20.5)	24 (28.9)	59 (71.1)
	Government employee	37 (9.2)	12 (32.4)	25 (67.6)
	Private employee	73 (18.1)	23 (31.5)	50 (68.5)
	Housewife	150 (37.1)	58 (38.7)	92 (61.3)