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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of Toxocara canis infection among primary school children in the capital areas in the Republic of the Marshall Islands

From: Seroepidemiology of Toxocara Canis infection among primary schoolchildren in the capital area of the Republic of the Marshall Islands

Variables

Seropositive Rate

 

N

%

p value*

Gender

   

Female (N = 76)

69

90.79

0.16

Male (N = 90)

75

83.33

Age group

   

< 7 years old (N = 22)

21

95.45

0.3

7–9 years old (N = 59)

52

88.14

> 9 years old (N = 85)

71

83.53

Urbanization level

   

Suburban (N = 73)

60

82.19

0.13

Urban (N = 93)

84

90.32

Parental occupation

   

Skilled worker (N = 37)

28

75.68

0.03

Nonskilled worker (N = 109)

98

89.91

Total (N = 166)

144

86.75

 
  1. *chi-squared test.