Prevalence and risk factors of soil-transmitted helminthiasis among school children living in an agricultural area of North Sumatera, Indonesia

Table 3 Factors associated with soil-transmitted helminth infection in school children in Suka village

Risk factors	Total examined N = 468		Bivariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	STH (n = 268)	No STH (n = 200)	OR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI	P-value
Mother occupation			0.77	0.39–1.48
Farming	248	181
Others	20	19
Father occupation			1.03	0.66–1.63
Farming	213	160
Others	55	40
Mother education
No education	40	28
Primary	74	46	1.13	0.61–2.07
Secondary	139	107	0.91	0.53–1.57
High school	15	19	0.55	0.24–1.27
Father education
No education	64	37
Primary	99	57	1.004	0.59–1.69	1.11	0.60–2.07
Secondary	98	97	0.58	0.36–0.96	0.69	0.38–1.23
High school	7	9	0.45	0.16–1.31	0.61	0.17–2.15
Playing with soil/dirt	126	166	1.87	1.61–2.17	7.53	4.54–12.49	< 0.001
Not wearing shoes/slippers	47	10	4.041	1.99–8.21	1.82	0.67–4.93
Latrine usage	59	11	0.21	0.10–0.40	0.16	0.07–0.35	< 0.001
Hand washing habit	177	57	0.21	0.14–0.30	0.16	0.10–0.26	< 0.001

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