Risk Factors Associated with Helminthic Intestinal Infection in Lurambi Subcounty, Kakamega, Kenya

Table 3

The multivariate analysis of risk factor and the presence of intestinal worm.

Term	Odds ratio	95%	C.I.	Coefficient	S. E.	-statistic	value
Sharing of the bathroom material	4.57	0.61	34.14	1.52	1.03	1.48	0.1383
Age of child	1.06	0.72	1.57	0.06	0.20	0.29	0.7687
Age group	0.38	0.04	3.47	-0.98	1.13	-0.86	0.3889
Education level of caregiver	11.10	0.95	130.05	2.41	1.26	1.92	0.0553
Occupation level of caregiver	34.21	3.25	360.72	3.53	1.20	2.94	0.0033
School setup	4.97	0.72	34.42	1.60	0.99	1.63	0.1041
Use of night soil	2.10	0.41	10.78	0.74	0.84	0.89	0.3755
Sex of child	0.95	0.26	3.43	-0.06	0.66	-0.08	0.9331
Wearing of shoes	0.03	0.00	0.21	-3.50	0.98	-3.56	0.0004
Place swimming	13.13	1.76	98.17	2.58	1.03	2.51	0.0121
Washing fruits & vegetables	1.36	0.45	4.15	0.31	0.57	0.54	0.5906
Washing of hands after soil contact	9.81	1.66	58.02	2.28	0.91	2.52	0.0118
Wash hands between handling raw & cooked food	4.91	0.66	36.33	1.59	1.02	1.56	0.1191
Wash hands after using toilet	29.80	3.71	239.36	3.39	1.06	3.19	0.0014
Wash hands before eating	114.47	10.44	1255.62	4.74	1.22	3.88	0.0001