Table 1 Frequencies (percentage distribution) of infection status of schstosoma mansoni within categories of explanatory variables
From: Determinants of Schistosoma mansoni in Sanja health center, north West Ethiopia
Variables | Category | Infection status of S.mansoni | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative (%) | Light (%) | Moderate or Heavy (%) | ||
Sex of patients | Female | 51.1 | 28.6 | 23.5 |
Male | 48.9 | 71.4 | 76.5 | |
Age of patients | 0–19 | 49.5 | 61.9 | 70.6 |
20–39 | 36.8 | 28.6 | 23.5 | |
> = 40 | 13.7 | 9.5 | 5.9 | |
Marital status of patients | Single | 63.2 | 47.6 | 70.6 |
Others | 36.8 | 52.4 | 29.4 | |
Educational level of patients | Illiterate | 48.7 | 28.6 | 47.1 |
Primary | 30.7 | 47.6 | 29.4 | |
Secondary & above | 20.6 | 23.8 | 23.5 | |
Resident of patients | Rural | 37.9 | 42.9 | 23.5 |
Urban | 62.1 | 57.1 | 76.5 | |
Knowledge about S. mansoni | Yes | 24.2 | 28.6 | 35.3 |
No | 75.8 | 71.4 | 64.7 | |
Source of water | River(others) | 15.8 | 38.1 | 35.3 |
Pipe | 84.2 | 61.9 | 64.7 | |
Swimming in the river | Yes | 15.8 | 28.6 | 76.5 |
No | 84.2 | 71.4 | 23.5 | |
Frequency of swimming in the river | No | 83.7 | 57.1 | 17.6 |
1–2 per week | 10.5 | 23.8 | 29.4 | |
> = 3 times per week | 5.8 | 19.0 | 52.9 | |
Water contact habits during crossing the river | Yes | 48.9 | 66.7 | 94.1 |
No | 51.1 | 33.3 | 5.9 | |
Washing clothes in the river | Yes | 42.1 | 90.5 | 94.1 |
No | 57.9 | 9.5 | 5.9 | |
Bathing in the river | Yes | 46.3 | 95.2 | 100 |
No | 53.7 | 4.8 | 0.0 | |
Fishing in the river | Yes | 2.6 | 4.8 | 11.8 |
No | 97.4 | 95.2 | 88.2 | |
previously treated for S.mansoni | Yes | 6.8 | 14.3 | 11.8 |
No | 93.2 | 85.7 | 88.2 | |
Participated in irrigation | Yes | 1.6 | 4.8 | 5.9 |
No | 98.4 | 95.2 | 94.1 | |
S. masoni | Total | 83.3 | 9.2 | 7.5 |