Distribution and factors associated with urogenital schistosomiasis in the Tiko Health District, a semi-urban setting, South West Region, Cameroon

Table 2 Univariate analysis of socio-demographic and water contact behaviour associated with urogenital schistosomiasis in the study population

Variable	Category	Schistosoma haematobium infection, % (n)	χ²	P value
Health area	Likomba	30.3 (71)	15.0	< 0.05
	Holforth_Likomba	38.9 (117)
	Holforth	23.5 (57)
Sex	Male	32.9 (138)	0.88	0.35
Sex	Female	29.8 (107)
Age group (years)	5–14	37.7 (156)	22.0	< 0.05
	15–24	31.7 (39)
	25–34	25.8 (24)
	≥ 35	17.6 (26)
Level of education	Secondary	35.4 (126)	4.6	0.03
Level of education	Primary	28.2 (119)
Occupation	Housewife	30.0 (12)
	CDC worker	18.5 (17)	18.5	< 0.05
	Student/Pupil	36.5 (184)
	Business/Civil servant	26.3 (21)
	Farmer	17.7 (11)
Stream activity	Two/more activities	53.5 (137)	117.3	< 0.05
	Water collection	33.3 (14)
	Washing	40.3 (25)
	Bathing	28.3 (15)
	Playing/swimming	53.8 (7)
	Farming/fishing	25.0 (2)
	No activity	13.1 (45)
Stream frequency	Daily	62.4 (159)	173.6	< 0.05
	Weekly	21.5 (32)
	Monthly	30.0 (9)
Degree of contact^a	Degree II (≥ 100)	64.2 (145)	62.0	< 0.05
Degree of contact^a	Degree I (2–99)	26.4 (55)

CDC Center for disease control and prevention
^aΣ (R × F), where R is the score for the reason for the contact and F the score for the frequency of contact

ISSN: 2049-9957