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Table 2 Univariate analysis of socio-demographic characteristics and their association with soil-transmitted helminths in the birth cohort, Butajira Ethiopia, 2007

From: Prevalence and risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth infection in mothers and their infants in Butajira, Ethiopia: a population based study

Demographic variables

N (%)

Soil-transmitted helminths in the mother (N = 908)

Soil-transmitted helminths in the child (N = 905)

  

n (%)

Crude OR (95%CI)

P-value

n (%)

Crude OR (95%CI)

P-value

Male gender

460 (50.7)

-

-

-

18 (3.9)

0.66 (0.36, 1.23)

0.190

Urban residence

118 (13.0)

37 (31.4)

0.48 (0.32,0.73)

0.001

10 (8.6)

2.07 (1.00, 4.32)

0.052

Mother's Age

   

0.949

  

0.442

   15-24

351 (38.7)

155 (44.2)

1

0.759$

21 (6.0)

1

0.224$

   25-34

424 (46.7)

183 (43.2)

0.96 (0.72,1.28)

 

18 (4.3)

0.70 (0.37, 1.33)

 

   35-44

133 (14.7)

57 (42.9)

0.95 (0.63,1.42)

 

5 (3.8)

0.61 (0.23, 1.66)

 

Ethnicity

   

0.280

  

0.550

   Meskan

429 (47.3)

183 (42.7)

1

 

21 (4.9)

1

 

   Mareko

118 (13.0)

57 (48.3)

1.26 (0.83,1.89)

 

8 (6.8)

1.41 (0.61, 3.27)

 

   Silti

211 (23.2)

98 (46.5)

1.17 (0.84,1.62)

 

7 (3.3)

0.67 (0.28, 1.60)

 

   Others*

150 (16.5)

57 (38.0)

0.82 (0.56,1.21)

 

8 (5.4)

1.10 (0.48, 2.54)

 

Mother's Education

   

0.138

  

0.124

   No education

639 (70.2)

290 (45.4)

1

0.051$

32 (5.0)

1

0.830$

   Read write£

86 (9.5)

37 (43.0)

0.91 (0.58, 1.43)

 

1 (1.2)

0.22 (0.03, 1.65)

 

   Formal education

183 (20.2)

68 (37.2)

0.71 (0.51, 1.00)

 

11 (6.0)

1.22 (0.60, 2.46)

 

Mother's Occupation

   

0.428

  

0.700

   House wife

762 (83.9)

338 (44.4)

1

 

38(5.0)

1

 

   Trade related

104 (11.5)

42 (40.4)

0.85 (0.56,1.29)

 

5 (4.9)

0.97 (0.37,2.52)

 

   Others♀

42 (4.6)

15 (35.7)

0.70 (0.36, 1.33)

 

1 (2.4)

0.46 (0.06, 3.46)

 

Home ownership

822 (90.5)

367 (44.7)

1.67 (1.04, 2.68)

0.033

37 (4.5)

0.53 (0.23, 1.24)

0.143

TV/Radio ownership

466 (51.4)

197 (42.3)

0.91 (0.70, 1.18)

0.467

27 (5.8)

1.52 (0.82, 2.84)

0.184

  1. * Sodo, Dobi, Oromo, Amhara,
  2. ♀ Farm related, profession related, trade related and daily laborer, $p for trend
  3. £ read and write but have no formal education
  4. N = total number of study participants, n = number of outcome for each exposure