Enteroparasitism in Hard-to-Reach Community Dwellers: A Cross-Sectional Study in Ga West Municipality in Ghana

Table 1

Association of prevalence of enteroparasitism with sociodemographic variables.

Demographic characteristics	Number of samples	Prevalence of parasitism		Chi-squared test
		Number of infected individuals	%	Chi-squared value ()	value
Resident community				21.9	<0.0001
Opah	149 (27.7%)	68	45.6
Otuaplem	136 (25.3%)	41	30.1
Dedeman	105 (19.5%)	19	18.1
Onyansana	83 (15.4%)	29	34.9
Manchie	65 (12.1%)	21	32.3
Gender				1.1	0.301
Males	331 (61.5%)	115	55.5
Females	207 (38.5%)	63	19.0
Age range (years)				89.9	<0.0001
6–10	57 (10.6%)	30	52.6
11–15	118 (21.9%)	37	31.5
16–20	110 (20.4%)	69	62.7
21–25	79 (14.7%)	21	26.5
26–30	89 (16.5%)	9	10.1
31–35	41 (7.6%)	7	17.1
36–40	25 (4.6%)	2	8.0
>40	19 (3.5%)	3	15.8
Marital status				67.9	<0.0001
Single	188 (34.9)	105	55.9
Married	294 (54.6)	63	21.4
Widowed	18 (3.3)	3	16.7
Divorced	38 (7.1)	7	18.4
Tribe				61.8	<0.0001
Akan	59 (11.0)	8	13.6
Ga	87 (16.2)	32	36.8
Ewe	279 (51.9)	71	25.4
Dagomba	33 (6.1)	17	51.5
Fulani	71 (13.2)	48	67.6
Others^a	9 (1.7)	2	22.2
Religion				91.1	<0.0001
Christianity	282 (52.4)	66	23.4
Islamic	192 (35.7)	91	47.4
Traditional	49 (9.1)	19	38.8
Others^b	15 (2.8)	2	13.3
Average monthly income^c				38.4	<0.0001
0–500 (0–90)	120 (28.9)	56	46.7
501–1000 (91–181)	82 (19.8)	33	40.2
1001–1500 (182–272)	78 (18.8)	29	37.2
1501–2000 (273–363)	59 (14.2)	13	22.0
>2000 (>364)	76 (18.3)	9	11.8
Highest education				37.1	<0.0001
None	93 (17.3%)	53	56.9
Primary	181 (33.6%)	61	33.7
Junior high	153 (28.4)	33	21.6
Senior high	89 (16.5%)	28	31.5
Postsenior high	22 (4.1%)	3	13.6
Occupation				5.1	0.278
Unemployed	41 (7.6%)	11	26.8
Pupil	82 (15.2%)	27	32.9
Petty trading	30 (5.6%)	5	16.7
Sand winning	47 (8.7%)	17	36.1
Farming	338 (62.8%)	118	34.9
Type of farming				36.9	<0.0001
Crop	209 (61.8%)	98	46.9
Poultry	47 (13.9%)	7	14.6
Livestock	82 (24.3%)	13	15.8

^aOther tribes were Frafra (), Guan (), Hausa (), and Krobo (); ^bBuddhist (), Afrikanian mission (), unification movement (), and atheist (); ^cincome quoted in Ghana cedi ($), exchange rate of 1 USD to 5.5 Ghana cedis.