Nutritional Status and Intestinal Parasite in School Age Children: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Population profile of the study participants ().

SN	Population profile	Frequency	Percentage
(1)	Age (in years)
	5–9	384	16.2
	10–14	1296	54.6
	15–19	692	29.2
(2)	Sex
	Male	1220	51.4
	Female	1152	48.6
(3)	Height (in CM)
	103–122	130	5.5
	123–142	511	21.5
	143–162	1021	43
	163–182	660	27.8
	>182	50	2.1
(4)	Weight (in KG)
	15–34	963	40.6
	35–54	942	39.7
	55–74	460	19.4
	75–94	7	0.3
(5)	Grade
	0–4	423	17.8
	5–8	1949	82.2
(6)	Residence
	Rural	1578	66.5
	Urban	794	33.5
(7)	Source of water
	Pipe	1459	61.5
	Other	913	38.5
(8)	Income per month
	<1000 birrs	1598	67.4
	1000 birrs	774	32.6
(9)	Availability of latrine
	Available	1805	76.1
	Not available	567	23.9
(10)	Work of parent
	Farmer	1344	56.7
	Other	1028	43.3