Table 1 Infection with Balantidium coli according to demographic characteristics
B. coli infected Farmers only (n = 26) | B. coli infected household members only (n = 17) | Overall participants (n = 414) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic characteristics | Number examined (%) | Number examined (%) | Number examined (%) | Prevalencea(%) | Fisher’s Exact Test (p–value) |
Study sites | 0.34 (0.556) | ||||
Opah | 13 (50.0 %) | 10 (58.8 %) | 253 | 5.5 % | |
Onyansana | 13 (50.0 %) | 7 (41.2 %) | 161 | 4.8 % | |
Gender | 0.72 (0.393) | ||||
Males | 19 (73.1) | 10 (58.8) | 237 | 7.0 | |
Females | 7 (26.9) | 7 (41.2) | 177 | 3.4 | |
Age range (years) | 7.9 (0.019) | ||||
≤ 1–20 | 9 (34.6 %) | 7 (41.2 %) | 192 | 3.9 % | |
21–40 | 12 (46.2) | 9 (52.9 %) | 169 | 5.1 % | |
> 40 | 5 (19.2 %) | 1 (5.9 %) | 53 | 1.4 % | |
Highest education level | 10.9 (0.011) | ||||
None | 14 (53.8) | 4 (23.5) | 65 | 4.3 | |
Primary | 3 (11.5) | 6 (35.3) | 120 | 2.2 | |
Junior high | 7 (26.9) | 6 (35.3) | 169 | 3.1 | |
Senior high | 2 (7.7) | 1 (5.9) | 60 | 0.7 | |