Prevalence and Determinants of Soil-Transmitted Helminthic Infections among School Children at Goro Primary School, South West Shewa, Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants, among school-age children at Goro Elementary School, Southwest Ethiopia, 2019.

Variable	Alternative	Frequency (%)
Age	6-10	119 (30.0)
	11-16	268 (70.0)
Sex	Female	199 (51.4)
	Male	188 (48.6)
Family size	≤5	112 (28.9)
	>5	275 (71.1)
Residence	Urban	185 (47.8)
	Rural	202 (52.2)
Religion	Orthodox	205 (53.0)
	Muslim	128 (33.1)
	Protestant	49 (12.6)
	Wakefeta	5 (1.3)
Grade	1-4	215 (55.6)
	5-8	172 (44.4)