The Influence of Poverty and Culture on the Transmission of Parasitic Infections in Rural Nicaraguan Villages

Table 6

Correlations among cultural variables^*.

Variable 𝑋	Variable 𝑌	𝑅 value	𝑃 value	𝑁
People who see curanderos (traditional healers)	Use any traditional medicine	0.29	0.0001	212
Believe in traditional medicine	Cutting a child’s nails causes sickness	0.15	0.04	179
	Believe a cold shower on a hot day causes illness	0.29	0.0001	188
Believe traditional medicines cure parasites	Believe in traditional medicines	0.28	0.0001	185
	Use any traditional medicine	0.40	0.0001	206
Husband helps in household	Children barefoot at the time of the interview	−0.15	0.03	204

^* The five traditional medicinal items (garlic, lemon, water, worm seed, and guava leaf) were intercorrelated with Chronbach’s 𝛼=0.76.