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

Table 4

Bivariate and multivariate analysis association of IHIs with sociodemographic factors among school children from Adola, Ethiopia.

Variables categories		Total examined, no. (%)	Intestinal helminths		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
			Positive, (%)	Negative, (%)
Schools	Adola	188 (46.5)	50 (26.6)	138 (73.4)	1	1
	Bilu	106 (26.2)	43 (40.6)	63 (59.4)	1.840 (1.116-3.034)	1.105 (0.588-2.076)	0.757
	Kucho	110 (27.2)	44 (40)	66 (60)	0.977 (0.567-1.683)	0.994 (0.529-1.87)	0.986
Sex	Male	192 (47.5)	76 (39.6)	116 (60.4)	1	1
	Female	212 (52.5)	61 (28.8)	151 (71.2)	0.617 (0.407-0.934)	0.566 (0.345-0.928)	0.024
Age (years)	6-10	141 (34.9)	68 (48.2)	73 (51.8)	1	1
	11-16	158 (39.1)	49 (31)	109 (69)	0.224 (0.081-0.619)	9.306 (0.465-186)	0.144
	16-20	76 (18.8)	15 (19.7)	61 (80.3)	0.463 (0.167-1.286)	2.236 (0.412-12.187)	0.352
	>20	29 (7.2)	5 (17.2)	24 (82.8)	0.847 (0.277-2.589)	1.986 (0.459-8.596)	0.359
Educational level of students	Grades 1-4	175 (43.3)	86 (49)	89 (51)	1	1
	Grades 5-8	229 (56.7)	51 (22.3)	178 (77.7)	0.156 (0.058-0.421)	0.039 (0.002-0.738)	0.031
	Illiterate	182 (45.0)	72 (39.6)	110 (60.4)	1	1	0.063
	Elementary	141 (34.9)	48 (34)	93 (66)	1.497 (0.829-2.706)	1.754 (0.799-3.853)
Education level of father	Secondary and preparatory	44 (10.9)	10 (22.7)	34 (77.3)	1.318 (0.501-3.463)	1.411 (0.427-4.659)
	College	29 (7.2)	5 (17.2)	24 (82.8)	0.689 (0.613-2.914)	0725 (0.996-4.047)
	University and above	8 (2.0)	2 (25)	6 (75)	0.645 (0.125-3.122)	0.734 (0.216-2.493)
Educational level of mother	Illiterate	216 (53.5)	84 (61.3)	132 (49.4)	1	1
	Elementary	101 (25.0)	31 (30.7)	70 (69.3)	0.314 (0.036-2.737)	0.828 (0.073-9.418)	0.879
	Secondary higher	52 (12.9)	12 (23)	40 (77)	0.452 (0.051-4.028)	0.810 (0.071-9.230)	0.865
	Diploma	29 (7.2)	9 (31)	20 (69)	0.667 (0.071-6.274)	1.043 (0.088-12.362)	0.973
	Degree and above	6 (1.5)	1 (17)	5 (83)	0.444 (0.045-4.374)	0.852 (0.066-10.969)	0.902
Father occupation	Merchant	62 (15.3)	20 (32.3)	42 (67.7)	1	1
	Daily laborer	85 (21.0)	25 (29.4)	60 (70.6)	1.512 (0.819-2.790)	1.314 (0.606-2.851)	0.489
	Government employee	32 (7.9)	7 (22)	25 (78)	1.728 (0.991-3.014)	1.368 (0.701-2.672)	0.358
	Private employee	53 (13.1)	13 (24.5)	40 (75.5)	2.571 (1.055-6.269)	0.532 (0.076-3.709)	0.524
	Farmer	172 (42.6)	72 (42)	100 (58)	2.215 (1.105-4.440)	1.605 (0.679-3.792)	0.281

Statistically significant.