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 5

Univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with STH among household contacts () in Burie Zuria district, northwest Ethiopia, from March to May 2021.

Variables	Category	Total	Positive for STH	COR(95% CI)	value	AOR(95% CI)	value
Sex	Male	193	64 (33.2)	1
	Female	229	90 (39.3)	1.20 (0.81-1.79)	0.369
Age in years	<5	35	13 (37.1)	1
	5-15	129	43 (33.3)	0.85 (0.39-1.84)	0.674
	>15	258	98 (38.0)	1.04 (0.50-2.15)	0.923
Residence	Urban	9	3 (33.3)	1
	Rural	413	151 (35.8)	1.15 (0.28-4.68)	0.842
Family size	≤5	283	82 (31.2)	1
	>5	159	72 (45.3)	1.83 (1.22-2.74)	0.004	1.74 (1.15-2.60)	0.008
Educational status	Illiterate	199	78 (39.2)	1.93 (0.20-18.93)	0.571
	Informal education	26	9 (34.5)	1.59 (0.14-17.56)	0.706
	Primary school	162	57 (35.2)	1.59 (0.16-15.59)	0.693
	Secondary school	31	9 (29.0)	1.43 (0.13-15.52)	0.769
	College & above	4	1 (25.0)	1
Occupational status	Government employee	1	0	1
	Student	158	54 (34.2	1.03 (0.09-11.71)	0.98
	Merchant	7	2 (28.6)	0.80 (0.04-14.64)	0.88
	Farmer	227	87 (38.9)	1.38 (0.11-17.09)	0.80
	Others	27	11 (40.7)	1.22 (0.11-13.65)	0.87
Presence of latrine; Facility	Yes	326	107 (32.8)	1
	No	96	46 (47.9)	1.74 (1.09-2.78)	0.009	1.86 (1.17-2.90)	0.02
Open defecation practice	No	284	96 (34.0)	1
	Sometime	25	5 (20.0)	0.62 (0.59-2.41)	0.322
	Yes	113	52 (46)	1.67 (1.17-2.67)	0.024	1.19 (0.59-2.40)	0.063
Wash vegetables before eating	Yes	378	136 (36)	1
	No	44	18 (40.9	1.35 (0.71-2.55)	0.35
Source of drinking water	Tap water	9	3 (33.3)	1
	Well water	285	103 (36.1)	1.13 (0.28-4.62)	0.863
	Stream	128	48 (37.5)	1.2 (0.29-5.02)	0.803
Handwash before meal	Always	394	140 (35.5)	1
	Sometime	21	10 (47.6)	0.41 (0.09-1.87)	0.252
	Never	7	4 (57.1)	1.26 (0.12-3.83)	0.663
Handwash after toilet	Always	133	48 (30.1)	1
	Sometime	72	29 (40.3)	1.19 (0.66-2.15)	0.555
	Never	217	77 (35.5)	0.94 (0.62-1.53)	0.909
Shoe-wearing habit	Always	249	89 (35.7)	1
	Sometime	126	46 (36.5)	1.03 (0.66-1.61)	0.884
	Never	47	19 (40.4)	1.22 (0.65-2.31)	0.541