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Table 1 Socio-demographic features of respondents from Safana and Dutsin-Ma LGAs

From: Prevalence and intensity of genito-urinary schistosomiasis and associated risk factors among junior high school students in two local government areas around Zobe Dam in Katsina State, Nigeria

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Cumulative percentage

Age (years)

 10–12

126

17.5

17.5

 13–15

485

67.5

85.1

 16–18

94

13.1

98.2

 19–21

11

1.6

99.7

 22–24

2

0.3

100

Sex

 Male

401

55.8

44.2

 Female

317

44.2

100

Fathers’ occupation

 White collar jobs

249

34.7

34.7

 Farming

115

16

50.7

 Other brown collar jobs

351

48.9

99.6

 Late

2

0.3

99.9

 Retiree

1

0.1

100

Mothers’ occupation

 White collar jobs

76

10.6

10.6

 Farming

2

0.3

10.9

 Other brown collar jobs

390

54.3

65.2

 Housewives

250

34.8

100

Total

718

100

100