High Prevalence of Hookworm Species and Associated Factors among Soil-Transmitted Helminth-Infected Household Contacts in Burie Zuria District, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Distribution of STH across various factors among household contacts () in Burie Zuria district, northwest Ethiopia, from March to May 2021.

Variables	Category	Total examined	STHs negative (%s)	STHs positive (%)
Sex	Male	193	129 (66.8)	64 (33.2)
	Female	229	139 (60.7)	90 (39.3)
Age in years	<5	35	22 (62.9)	13 (37.1)
	5-15	129	86 (66.7)	43 (33.3)
	<15	258	160 (62.4)	98 (38.0)
Residence	Rural	413	262 (64.2)	151 (36.7)
	Urban	9	6 (66.7)	3 (33.3)
Family size	≤5	263	81 (68.8)	82 (31.2)
	>5	159	87 (54.7)	72 (45.3)
Educational status	Illiterate	199	120 (60.3)	79 (39.7)
	Informal education	26	17 (65.4)	9 (34.6)
	Primary school	162	106 (65.4)	56 (34.6)
	Secondary school	31	22 (71.0)	9 (29.0)
	College and above	4	3 (75.0)	1 (25.0)
Occupational status	Farmer	227	142 (62.6)	85 (37.4)
	Student	158	104 (65.9)	54 (34.1)
	Merchant	7	4 (57.2)	3 (42.8)
	Government employee	3	2 (66.7)	1 (33.3)
	Others	27	16 (59.3)	11 (40.7)
Latrine availability	Yes	326	218 (67.9)	108 (32.1)
	No	96	50 (52.1)	46 (47.9)
Open defecation	No	284	188 (66.0)	96 (34.0)
	Sometimes	25	20 (80.0)	5 (20.0)
	Yes	113	61 (54.0)	52 (46.0)
Washing of vegetables	Yes	378	243 (64.3)	135 (35.7)
	No	44	25 (56.7)	19 (43.3)
Source of drinking water	Tap water	9	6 (66.7)	3 (33.3)
	Well water	285	180 (63.2)	105 (36.8
	Stream/river	128	80 (62.5)	48 (37.5)
Handwashing before meal	Always	394	255 (64.7)	139 (35.3)
	Sometimes	21	11 (52.4)	10 (47.6)
	Never	7	3 (42.9)	4 (57.1)
Handwashing after toilet	Always	113	66 (58.4)	47 (41.6)
	Sometimes	72	43 (59.7)	29 (40.3)
	Never	217	140 (64.5)	77 (35.5)
Shoe-wearing habit	Always	249	162 (65.1)	87 (34.9)
	Sometimes	126	78 (61.9)	48 (38.1)
	Never	47	29 (61.7)	18 (38.3)