Prevalence of Intestinal Protozoan Parasites and Associated Risk Factors among School Children in Merhabete District, Central Ethiopia

Table 4

Association of sociodemographic risk factors with intestinal protozoan parasite infection of school children in Merhabete district, Central Ethiopia, 2020.

Characters	Total	Intestinal protozoan parasite infection	OR (95% CI)	value
		Positive
Family occupation:
Agro-farming	248	122 (49.1)	2.47 (1.100-5.561)	0.028
Nonfarming	32	9 (29.5)
Parent education level
Illiterate	102	54 (52.9)
Literate	178	78 (43.8)	1.44 (0.884-2.351)	0.141
Presence of latrine at home				0.037
Yes	99	38 (38.4)	0.59 (0.357-0.970)
No	181	93 (51.4)
Latrine type ():				0.713
Pit latrine with cover	42	17 (40.4)	1.17 (0.514-2.641)
Pit latrine without cover	57	21 (36.8)
Source of drinking water				0.001
Protected (pump water)	94	30 (31.7)	0.39 (0.234-0.664)
Unprotected (river, pond borehole)	186	101 (54.5)
Water handling
Direct	204	104 (51)
Boiling	12	4 (33.3)	0.018 (0.005-0.032)	0.027
Filtering	58	22 (37.9)
Chemical treating	6	1 (16.67)
Washing of vegetables or fruit before eating
Always	144	57 (39.6)	0.265 (0.172-0.276)	0.136
Sometimes	80	42 (53.7)
Do not wash	56	31 (55.9)
Habits of eating raw vegetable
Yes	182	98 (53.8)	2.29 (1.379-3.828)	0.001
No	98	33 (33.6)
Contact with animals
Yes	183	96 (52.5)	1.87 (1.129-3.094)	0.015
No	97	36 (36.8)
Knowledge
Poor	141	80 (56.7)	2.26 (1.400-3.655)	0.001
Good	139	51 (36.7)

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.