Prevalence of Ectoparasitic Infections and Other Dermatological Infections and Their Associated Factors among School Children in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka

Table 2

Practices of the study population with respect to incidence of different skin disorders.

Variable	Total respondents		Prevalence of skin disorders		value	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval for the odds ratio number
	Number	Percentage (%)	Number	Percentage (%)
No of rooms
1 to 3	145	70.7	102	70.3	0.048	1.00
4 to 5	50	24.4	27	54.0		0.49	0.31–0.64
>6	10	4.9	2	20.0		0.11	0.05–0.25
No of people living in the same room
1	28	13.7	8	28.6	0.032	1.00
2	110	53.7	64	58.2		3.48	2.42–4.38
3 to 4	51	24.9	44	86.3		15.71	13.37–16.86
>4	16	7.8	15	93.8		18.50	14.41–20.68
Bathing facilities in the house
Bathroom	74	36.1	43	58.1	0.351	1.00
Well	36	17.6	22	61.1		1.13	0.97–1.95
River	2	1.0	1	50.0		0.72	0.58–1.05
Tap line	72	35.1	51	70.8		1.75	1.27–2.44
Cement tank	4	2.0	3	75.0		2.16	1.51–4.47
More than one	17	8.3	11	64.7		1.32	0.95–1.52
Sharing towel
Sharing towel	33	16.1	28	84.9	0.242	1.00
Not sharing towel	172	83.9	103	59.9		0.27	0.19–0.39