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Table 2 Prevalence of human intestinal parasite infection according to demographic and socioeconomic factors

From: Prevalence of intestinal helminth infections in Jiangsu Province, eastern China; a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2015

Items

No. of positive cases/participants

Positive rate (%)

χ2, P value

Sex:

 Male

43/14,007

0.31

3.811, 0.051

 Female

72/16,146

0.45

Age:

 1–10

9/2890

0.31

10.871, 0.092

 11–20

2/1372

0.15

 21–30

6/2496

0.24

 31–40

7/2723

0.26

 41–50

17/5385

0.32

 51–60

25/6016

0.42

 61 or above

49/9271

0.53

Education:

 No education

31/5430

0.57

13.749, 0.007

 Primary school education

43/9884

0.44

 Junior school education

28/9900

0.28

 High school education

13/3786

0.34

 College or above

0/1153

0.00a

Occupation:

 Preschooler

5/1506

0.33

12.542, 0.084

 Student

5/2598

0.19

 Worker

8/4313

0.19

 Farmer

81/16,847

0.48

 Public servant

5/1808

0.28

 Retiree

7/1864

0.38

 Unemployed

4/1024

0.39

 Other

0/193

0.00

  1. a Statistically significant differences (P < 0.005), compared to positive rate with no education;