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

Table 2

Prevalence of STHs and individual-level associated risk factors among school-age children at Goro Elementary School, Southwest Ethiopia, 2018/19.

Variable	Alternative	STH status		COR (95% CI)	value
		Participants (%)	Positive (%)
Age	6-10	119 (30.7)	22 (18.5)	1.4 (0.8-2.5)	0.259
	11-15	268 (69.3)	39 (14.5)
Sex	Female	199 (51.4)	34 (17.1)	1.2 (0.7-2.1)	0.463
	Male	188 (48.6)	27 (14.4)
Mother’s educational status	Illiterate	133 (34.4)	18 (13.5)	2.3 (1.1-4.8)	0.021
	Literate	254 (65.6)	43 (16.9)
Family size	≤5	112 (28.9)	10 (8.9)	1.3 (0.7-2.4)	0.385
	>5	275 (71.1)	51 (18.6)
Residence	Rural	202 (52.2)	35 (17.3)	1.3 (0.7-2.2)	0.378
	Urban	185 (47.8)	26 (14.1)
Religion	Orthodox	205 (53.0)	31 (15.1)
	Muslim	128 (33.1)	20 (15.6)	1.0 (0.6-1.9)	0.901
	Protestant	54 (13.95)	10 (2.58)	1.3 (0.6-2.9)	0.576
Grade	1-4	215 (55.6)	40 (18.6)	1.6 (0.9-2.9)	0.088
	5-8	172 (44.4)	21 (12.2)
Latrine availability and using practice	No	39 (10.1)	10 (25.6)	2.0 (0.9-4.4)	0.079
	Yes	348 (89.9)	51 (14.7)
Shoe wearing habit	Sometimes	154 (39.8)	46 (29.9)	6.2 (3.3-11.6)
	Always	233 (60.2)	15 (6.4)
Handwashing habit before meal	Sometimes	96 (24.8)	28 (29.2)	3.2 (1.8-5.7)
	Always	291 (75.2)	33 (11.3)
Handwashing habit after toilet	Not at all	152 (39.3)	31 (20.4)	5.6 (1.9-16.5)	0.002
	Only with water	143 (36.9)	26 (18.2)	4.9 (1.6-14.5)	0.004
	Wash with water and soap	92 (26.8)	4 (4.4)
Source of drinking water	Protected	382 (98.7)	57 (14.9)
	Unprotected	5 (1.3)	4 (80.0)	22.8 (2.5-207.8)	0.006
Presence of dirt in fingernail	No	221 (57.1)	20 (9.1)
	Yes	166 (42.9)	41 (24.7)	3.3 (1.8-5.9)
Habit of playing with soil	No	210 (54.3)	21 (10.0)
	Yes	177 (45.7)	40 (22.6)	2.6 (1.5-4.7)	0.001

NB: COR: crude odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; significant at .