Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasites among Schoolchildren from Two Primary Schools in Rama Town, Northern Ethiopia

Table 3

Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection stratified by sociodemographic characteristics among schoolchildren in two primary school children in Rama town, Northern Ethiopia, June 2017.

Sociodemographic characteristics	Intestinal parasites		value	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Negative (%)	Positive (%)
Age group (years)
≤9	70 (78.7)	19 (21.3)	0.690	1.250 (0.42, 3.72)
10–14	143 (73.3)	52 (26.7)	0.322	1.670 (0.60, 4.63)
15+	23 (82.1)	5 (17.9)		1
Sex
Male	129 (74.8)	37 (22.3)		1
Female	107 (73.3)	39 (26.7)	0.364	0.79 (0.47, 1.32)
Religion
Christian	208 (74.8)	70 (25.2)	0.471	1.57 (0.62, 3.95)
Muslim	28 (82.4)	6 (17.6)		1
Grade
1–3	83 (71.6)	33 (28.4)	0.363	1.33 (0.72, 2.47)
4–6	76 (79.2)	20 (20.8)	0.714	0.88 (0.45, 1.74)
7–8	77 (77.0)	23 (23.0)		1
Family size
≤5	167 (78.4)	46 (21.6)		1	1
6+	69 (69.2)	30 (30.8)	0.097	1.57 (0.92, 2.70)	1.37 (0.75, 2.50)
Residence
Urban	228 (76.2)	70 (23.5)		1	1
Rural	8 (57.1)	6 (42.9)	0.109	2.44 (0.82, 7.28)	1.16 (0.22, 5.97)
Mother’s educational status
Unable to read and write	62 (69.7)	27 (30.3)	0.409	1.96 (0.39, 9.68)
Primary school	123 (76.9)	39 (24.1)	0.658	1.43 (0.29, 6.88)
Secondary school	42 (84)	8 (16.0)	0.860	0.86 (0.15, 4.73)
College ad above	9 (81.8)	2 (18.2)		1
Father’s educational status
Unable to read and write	33 (63.5)	19 (36.5)	0.105	2.73 (0.81, 9.24)	2.66 (0.73.84)
Primary school	11 (217.2)	33 (22.8)	0.565	1.40 (0.44, 4.40)	1.75 (0.51, 6.02)
Secondary school	72 (78.3)	20 (21.7)	0.647	1.32 (0.40, 4.32)	1.85 (0.51, 6.75)
College and above	19 (82.6)	4 (17.4)		1	1