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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics and their association with schistosomiasis in Korhogo in (March 2015)

From: Risk factors for schistosomiasis in an urban area in northern Côte d’Ivoire

Characteristics

Infected

n (%)

P-value

 

n = 41

 

Sex

 Males (n = 516)

36 (7.0)

< 0.001

 Females (n = 581)

5 (0.9)

 

Age (in years)

 [5–10] (n = 528)

8 (1.5)

< 0.001

 [10–15] (n = 571)

33 (5.8)

 

Education level of houshold head or spouse

 No education (n = 276)

15 (5.4)

0.17

 Primary (n = 673)

20 (3.0)

 

 Secondary (n = 150)

6 (4.0)

 

Professional activities of household’s head

 No activity(n = 239)

8 (3.3)

0.832

 Agriculture (n = 57)

1 (1.8)

 

 Seller (n = 536)

23 (4.3)

 

 Official (n = 190)

9 (3.3)

 

Knowledge of the diseases

 Blood in urine and stool (n = 211)

11 (5.2)

0.224

Knowledge on transmission

 Drinking unsafe water (n = 44)

2 (4.6)

1.00

 Washing in surface water (n = 111)

8 (7.2)

0.45

    Contact with waste water (n = 87)

6 (6.9)

0.73