Assessment of the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and associated habit and culture-related risk factors among primary schoolchildren in Debre Berhan town, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participant primary schoolchildren and their family in Debre Berhan town, Northeast Ethiopia, 2017

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent
Sex	Boys	308	47.8
Sex	Girls	337	52.2
Age of child in years	6–9	204	31.6
	10–12	231	35.8
	13–15	210	32.6
Birth order of child	First	212	32.9
Birth order of child	Non-First	433	67.1
Living with birth parents	No	86	13.3
Living with birth parents	Yes	559	86.7
Family size	2–5	335	51.9
Family size	6–9	310	48.1
Grade level of child	1–4	336	52.1
Grade level of child	5–8	309	47.9
Father education	Illiterate	182	28.2
	Primary education	184	28.5
	Junior education	81	12.6
	Secondary education	80	12.4
	Diploma and above	118	18.3
Mother education	Illiterate	212	32.9
	Primary education	116	18.0
	Junior education	108	16.7
	Secondary education	70	10.9
	Diploma and above	139	21.6
Father occupation	Farmer (urban farming)	102	15.8
	Manual worker	171	26.5
	Trader/ petit-trade	187	29.0
	Employee	185	28.7

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