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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of PSAC in Chuahit, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015

From: Schistosoma mansoni and soil-transmitted helminths among preschool-aged children in Chuahit, Dembia district, Northwest Ethiopia: prevalence, intensity of infection and associated risk factors

Variables

Character

Frequency

Percentage

Sex

Male

183

45.6

 

Female

218

54.4

Age (in months)

≤12

49

12

 

13–24

64

16

 

25–36

83

20.7

 

37–48

47

11.7

 

49–60

67

16.7

 

61–72

91

22.7

Marital status of mothers

Married

374

93.3

 

Others

27

6.7

Educational status of mothers

Illiterate

358

89

 

Read and write

16

4

 

Primary school

27

6.7

Occupation of mothers

Farmer

388

96.8

 

House wife

13

3.2