Modified Nonnutrient Agar Plate Culture for the Diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis and Hookworm Infections in La-Ngu District, Satun Province, Southern Thailand

Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics of hookworm (HW) and Strongylodes stercoralis (Ss) infections in La-Ngu District, Satun Province ().

Demographic characteristics	No. (%)	No. HW infections (%)	No. Ss infections (%)	Total HW and Ss infections (%)		value
Gender
Male	71 (34.8)	2 (2.8)	9 (12.7)	10 (14.1)	3.747	0.053
Female	133 (65.2)	3 (2.3)	5 (3.8)	8 (6.0)
Age group (years)
1-10	50 (24.5)	1 (2.0)	3 (6.0)	4 (8.0)	9.495	0.219
11-20	17 (8.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (5.9)	1 (5.9)
21-30	8 (3.9)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
31-40	24 (11.8)	2 (8.3)	2 (8.3)	4 (16.7)
41-50	42 (20.6)	0 (0.0)	2 (4.8)	2 (4.8)
50-60	29 (14.2)	1 (3.5)	3 (10.3)	4 (13.8)
>60	21 (10.3)	0 (0.0)	2 (9.5)	2 (9.5)
No answer	13 (6.4)	1 (7.7)	1 (7.7)	1 (7.7)
Religion
Buddhism	15 (7.4)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2.893	0.235
Islam	163 (79.9)	4 (2.5)	14 (8.6)	17 (10.5)
No answer	26 (12.7)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (3.9)
Education
No education	22 (10.8)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	8.594	0.072
Primary and secondary
School/high vocational/
College/	116 (56.9)	4 (3.5)	13 (11.2)	17 (14.7)
Bachelor degree and above	10 (4.9)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
No answer	56 (27.4)	1 (1.8)	1 (1.8)	1 (1.8)
Occupation
No work	38 (18.6)	1 (2.6)	1 (2.6)	1 (2.6)	2.408	0.661
Agriculturist	76 (37.3)	2 (2.6)	10 (13.2)	12 (15.8)
Other	75 (36.8)	2 (2.7)	3 (4.0)	5 (6.7)
No answer	15 (7.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Income (baht)/month
<9,000	76 (37.2)	3 (4.0)	9 (11.8)	12 (15.8)	9.255	0.055
9,001-16,000	14 (6.9)	0 (0.0)	2 (14.3)	2 (14.3)
16,001-30,000	7 (3.4)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
>30,000	2 (1.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
No answer	105 (51.5)	2 (1.9)	3 (2.9)	4 (3.8)
Total	204	5 (2.5)	14 (6.9)	18 (8.8)