Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and associated risk factors among students at Dona Berber primary school, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristic of school children and their family at Dona Berber first cycle primary school, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2015/2016

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Sex student	Female	182	50.7
Sex student	Male	177	49.3
Age of students	7–8	102	28.4
	9–10	113	31.5
	11–12	87	24.2
	13–14	57	15.9
Grade students	1	102	28.4
	2	93	25.9
	3	85	23.7
	4	79	22
Family size	>6	97	27
	6	123	34.3
	5	96	26.7
	<5	43	12
Family monthly income (ETB^a)	< 500	123	34.3
	500–2000	215	59.9
	>2000	21	5.8
Father education	Illiterate	97	27
	Primary school	169	47.1
	Secondary school	43	12
	Diploma and above	50	13.9
Mother education	Illiterate	177	49.3
	Primary school	138	38.4
	Secondary school	25	7
	Diploma and above	19	5.3
Water source	Well water	63	17.5
	River	25	7
	Pipe water	271	75.5
Hand washing habit	Sometimes	146	40.7
Hand washing habit	Always	213	59.3
Shoe wearing habit	Not at all	20	5.6
	Sometimes	134	37.3
	Always	205	57.1
Religion	Muslim	9	2.5
	Orthodox	337	93.9
	Protestant	13	3.6
Finger cleanness	Not clean	125	34.8
Finger cleanness	Clean	234	65.2
Toilet availability	Not available	67	18.7
Toilet availability	Available	292	81.3

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