Table 6 The socio-economic predictors of intestinal parasitic infections in 507 schoolchildren (6–10 years old) from 12 rural communities of two Mexican states.
Socio-economic variables | Coefficient (standard error) | p* value |
|---|---|---|
Family monthly income | 1.80 (0.66) | <0.001 |
Mother unemployed | 1.5 (0.3) | <0.001 |
Mother with incomplete primary school | 1.2 (0.4) | <0.001 |
Defecation in open area | 0.90 (0.1) | <0.001 |
Bare earth floor | -0.1 (0.2) | <0.001 |
Crowding index | -0.30 (0.1) | <0.001 |
Gender | -0.4 (0.2) | <0.001 |
Age | -0.5 (0.3) | <0.01 |