Soil Contamination and Infection of School Children by Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Associated Factors at Kola Diba Primary School, Northwest Ethiopia: An Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Prevalence of STHs across various demographic variables among school children (n = 400) at Kola Diba primary school, Northwest Ethiopia.

Variables	Categories	Total examined	STHs infection
			Positive	Negative
Age	6–10	222	110 (49.5)	112 (50.5)
	11–14	178	90 (50.6)	88 (49.4)
Sex	Male	213	109 (51.2)	104 (48.8)
	Female	187	91 (48.6)	96 (51.4)
Grade	1–4	231	116 (50.2)	115 (49.8)
	5–7	169	84 (49.7)	85 (50.3)
Parent occupation	Farmer	91	50 (54.94)	41 (45.1)
	Merchant	115	55 (47.8)	60 (52.2)
	Government employ	150	72 (48.0)	78 (52.0)
	Others	44	23 (52.3)	21 (47.7)
Religion	Orthodox	194	181 (50.7)	176 (49.3)
	Muslim	23	19 (44.2)	24 (55.8)
Parent education	Unable to read and write	22	85 (43.8)	109 (56.2)
	Primary and high school	161	18 (45.5)	27 (54.5)
	College and above	357	89 (55.3)	72 (44.7)
Marital status	Married	43	167 (49.7)	169 (50.3)
	Divorced	336	29 (52.7)	26 (47.3)
	Widowed	55	4 (44.4)	5 (55.6)
Family size	<5	9	144 (72.0)	56 (28.0)
	≥5	106	150 (75.0)	50 (25.0)