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Table 1 Association between sociodemographic characteristics and parasitic infections

From: Prevalence of parasitic infections and associations with pregnancy complications and outcomes in northern Tanzania: a registry-based cross-sectional study

		Parasitic infections
	Total (n = 30,797)	Malaria (n = 30,411)	Helminths (n = 181)	Amebiasis (n = 205)
Characteristics	N	%	%	%
Age (years)
< 20	2182	13.1	1.0	0.3
20-34	24072	17.7	0.5	0.7
≥ 35	4306	16.5	0.6	0.9
χ² p value		<0.001	0.03	0.024
ANC visits
< 4 times	9128	14.5	0.4	0.5
≥ 4 times	20379	18.0	0.6	0.7
Missing	1290
χ² p value		<0.001	0.03	0.03
Occupation
Unemployed	22751	16.2	0.6	0.6
Employed	7865	19.9	0.4	0.8
Missing	181
χ² p value		<0.001	0.03	0.21
Education
< 12	19588	0.16	0.7	0.7
≥ 12	11192	0.19	0.4	0.6
Missing	17
χ² p value		<0.001	<0.01	0.51
Area of residence
Rural	11367	17.4	0.9	0.7
Urban	19344	17.0	0.4	0.6
Missing	86
χ²p value		0.39	<0.001	0.42
Boiling water
No	6849	23.1	1.0	1.0
Yes	23835	15.5	0.6	0.5
Missing	113
χ² p value		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Water source
Others	1853	19.6	1.2	1.3
tap water	28797	17.0	0.5	0.6
Missing	148
χ² p value		0.005	<0.001	<0.001
Type of toilet
Pit-latrine	16565	16.4	1.2	0.7
Flush	14163	18.1	0.5	0.6
Missing	69
χ² p value		<0.001	<0.001	0.39

Pvalue calculated from chi square test

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