Table 1 Socio-demographic, environment and health characteristics of study participants
Demographic characteristics n = 387 | Family information n = 387 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | n (%) | Characteristic | n (%) |
Age group (years) | Household head level of education | ||
8–9 | 26 (6.72 %) | Primary incomplete | 51 (13.18 %) |
10–11 | 155 (40.05 %) | Primary complete | 111 (28.68 %) |
12–13 | 156 (40.31 % | Secondary | 138 (35.66 %) |
>13 | 50 (12.92 %) | College and above | 13 (3.36 %) |
Class/Standard | Don’t know | 74 (19.12 %) | |
4 | 105 (27.13 %) | Household head Occupation | |
5 | 101 (26.10 %) | Farming | 220 (56.85 %) |
6 | 99 (25.58 %) | Business | 97 (25.06 %) |
7 | 82 (21.19 %) | Employed | 66 (17.05 %) |
Gender | Don’t know | 4 (1.03 %) | |
Female | 195 (50.39 %) | Possessions at home | |
Male | 192 (49.61 %) | Electricity | 32 (8.27 %) |
Radio | 338 (87.34 %) | ||
Television | 175 (45. 34 %) | ||
Phone | 319 (82.43 %) | ||
Environmental characteristics n = 387 | Health characteristics n = 387 | ||
House wall type at home | Treated for worms | ||
Stone or bricks or cement | 145 (37.47 %) | Yes | 387 (100 %) |
Clay or mud | 113 (29.20 %) | No | 0 (0 %) |
Wood | 109 (28.17 %) | Place of treatment | |
Iron sheets | 20 (5.17 %) | School | 369 (95.35 %) |
House floor type at home | Health Centre | 11 (2.84 %) | |
Cement or tiles | 88 (22.74 %) | Home | 7 (1.81 %) |
Wooden planks | 2 (0.52 %) | Number of times treated | |
Earth or sand | 297 (76.74 %) | Once | 97 (25.06 %) |
Main water source at home | Twice | 154 (39.79 %) | |
Piped/tap water | 100 (25.84 %) | Thrice | 94 (24.29 %) |
Borehole or well | 58 (14.99 %) | More than thrice | 42 (10.85 %) |
Rainwater | 5 (1.29 %) | Ever been absent from school | |
Stream or river | 64 (16.54 %) | Yes | 239 (61.76 %) |
Canal | 160 (41.34 %) | No | 148 (38.24 %) |
Outcome when last visited health centre | |||
Malaria | 179 (46.25 %) | ||
Bilhazia | 53 (13.70 %) | ||
Diarhorea | 101 (26.10 %) | ||
Typhoid | 17 (4.39 %) | ||
Others | 37 (9.56 %) | ||