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Table 1 Intestinal parasitic infection in relation to socio-demography in the study population in Hawassa University Hospital, southern Ethiopia, 2013–2014

From: Cryptosporidium and other intestinal parasitic infections among HIV patients in southern Ethiopia: significance of improved HIV-related care

Characteristics

Number (%) tested

Number (%) positive for any parasite

χ 2

P-value

Residence

 Rural

35 (7.1)

16 (45.7)

1.53

0.22

 Urban

456 (92.9)

161 (35.3)

Age group (years)

 15 – 19

19 (3.9)

7 (36.8)

5.32

0.26

 20 – 29

165 (33.6)

63 (38.2)

  

 30 – 39

186 (37.9)

58 (31.2)

  

 40 – 49

88 (17.9)

39 (44.3)

  

 ≥ 50

33 (6.7)

10 (30.3)

  

Sex

 Male

193 (39.3)

70 (36.3)

0.07

0.94

 Female

298 (60.7)

107 (35.9)

Occupation

 Government employee

73 (14.9)

23 (31.5)

6.55

0.623

 Non-governmental employee

47 (9.6)

11 (23.4)

  

 House wife

133 (27.1)

55 (41.4)

  

 Student

13 (2.6)

5 (38.5)

  

 Merchant

85 (17.3)

31 (36.5)

  

 Housemaid

28 (5.7)

10 (35.7)

  

 No work

55 (11.2)

23 (41.8)

  

 Other

57 (11.6)

19 (33.3)

  

Educational status

 Illiterate

89 (18.1)

45 (50.6)

18.01

< 0.0001

 Primary

143 (29.1)

60 (42)

  

 Secondary

198 (40.3)

56 (28.3)

  

 Tertiary

61 (12.4)

16 (26.2)