Table 1: Socio-demographics characteristics of students in selected primary schools of Raya Alamata district, June 2018 (n = 495).
Variables(n) |
Category |
Presence of scabies |
Total |
|
Yes |
No |
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Age in years |
6-10 10-15 Above 15 |
10 (15.62) 43 (67.18) 11 (17.2) |
131 (30.40) 254 (58.93) 46 (10.67) |
141 (28.48) 297 (60.00) 57 (11.52) |
Mean age ± SD |
12.97 ± 2.42 |
12.13 ± 2.86 |
12.24 ± 2.82 |
|
Sex |
Male Female |
37 (57.81) 27 (42.19) |
241 (55.9) 190 (44.1) |
278 (56.28) 217 (43.72) |
Educational status of children |
Grade 1-4 Grade 5-8 |
27 (42.19) 37 (57.81) |
201 (46.64) 230 (53.36) |
228 (46.06) 267 (53.94) |
Religion
|
Orthodox Muslim Other’s (protestant and catholic) |
46 (71.88) 18 (28.13) 0 |
348 (80.74) 79 (18.33) 4 (0.93) |
394 (79.60) 97 (19.60) 4 (0.81) |
Occupation of head of house hold |
Farmer Housewife Merchant |
52 (81.25) 7 (10.94) 5 (10.93) |
297 (68.91) 63 (14.62) 71 (16.47) |
349 (70.51) 70 (14.14) 76 (15.35) |
Income of the family |
Good Low |
11 (17.19) 53 (82.81) |
178 (41.30) 253 (58.70) |
189 (38.10) 306 (61.90) |
Family size |
< 5 ≥ 5 |
25 (39.06) 39 (60.94) |
143 (33.18) 288 (66.82) |
168 (33.94) 327 (66.06) |