Human Intestinal Parasites: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors among Grade School Children in Maksegnit, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of Maksegnit grade school children, 2018/2019.

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent
Grade level	1–4	192	50
	5–8	192	50
Age	7–10	122	31.8
	11–14	185	48.2
	15–18	77	20.1
Sex	Male	178	46.4
	Female	206	53.6
Residence	Urban	291	75.8
	Rural	93	24.2
Mothers’ education	Illiterate	222	57.8
	Literate	162	42.2
Mothers’ occupation	Housewife	244	63.5
	Merchant	99	25.8
	Daily labor	6	1.6
	Government-employed	35	9.1