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Table 2 Univariate analysis of selected environmental and sociodemographic variables and the S. haematobium infection in Bamako, January, 2011

From: Urban schistosomiasis and associated determinant factors among school children in Bamako, Mali, West Africa

Schistosoma haematobium/ Environmental and Sociodemographic variables

Total

Positive

Prevalence

p

River sides

    

   Right

592

56

9.5

 

   Left

1,169

203

17.4

0.000

   Total

1,761

259

14.7

 

Age group (years)

    

   6-10

1,462

184

12.6

 

   11-15

299

75

25.1

0.000

   Total

1,761

259

14.7

 

Gender

    

   Male

902

141

15.6

 

   Female

859

118

13.7

0.146

   Total

1761

259

14.7

 

Parents’ occupations

    

   Officials*

174

3

1.7

 

   Non officials**

1,587

256

16.1

0.000

   Total

1,761

259

14.7

 

Distance between schools and the snails’ breeding sites

   ≤100 m

658

171

26.0

 

   >500 m

1,103

88

8.0

0,000

   Total

1,761

259

14.7

 
  1. *: Civil servants, traders.
  2. **: Working classes, drivers, cleaners, etc.