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Table 2 Socio-demographic risk factors of parasitic infection among studied school children

From: Intestinal parasitic infection among school children in Dakahlia governorate, Egypt: a cross-sectional study

 

Total

No. (%)

Infected

No. (%)

Non-infected

No.(%)

P value

Gender

 Male

385 (53.0)

131 (54.8)

254 (52.1)

0.5

 Female

341 (47.0)

108 (45.2)

233 (47.9)

 

Age

 6–10

256 (35.3)

109 (45.6)

147 (30.2)

0.00001*

 11–14

271 (37.3)

87 (36.4)

184 (37.8)

 15–18

199 (27.4)

43 (18.0)

156 (32.0)

Educational stage

 Primary

291 (40.1)

133 (55.7%)

158 (32.4)

< 0.00001*

 Preparatory

245 (33.7)

67 (28.0)

178 (36.6)

 Secondary

190 (26.2)

39 (16.3%)

151 (31.0)

Residence

 Urban

336 (46.3)

93 (38.9)

243 (49.9)

0.005*

 Rural

390 (53.7)

146 (61.1)

244 (50.1)

Monthly family income

 < 2000 L,E

151 (20.8)

36 (15.1)

115 (23.6)

0.003*

 2000–4000 L. E

364 (50.1)

140 (58.6)

224 (46.0)

 >4000 L. E

211 (29.1)

63 (26.3)

148 (30.4)

Fathers’ education

 Illiterate

173 (23.8)

61 (25.5)

112 (23.0)

0.54

 Primary and preparatory

125 (17.2)

35 (14.6)

90 (18.5)

 Secondary

268 (36.9)

87 (36.4)

181 (37.2)

 University or higher

160 (22.1)

56 (23.5)

104 (21.3)

Mothers’ education

 Illiterate

227 (31.3)

81 (33.9)

146 (30.0)

0.02*

 Primary and preparatory

100 (13.8)

28 (11.7)

72 (14.8)

 Secondary

282 (38.8)

104 (43.5)

178 (36.5)

 University or higher

117 (16.1)

26 (10.9)

91 (18.7)

Total

726 (100)

239 (100)

487 (100)

 
  1. *statistically significant difference