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Table 1 Characteristics of the mothers and comparison by children’s Ov status (n = 284)

From: Mothers’ Opisthorchis viverrini infection status and raw fish dish consumption in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: determinants of child infection status

 

n (%)

Children’s Ov status

p value

Negative, n (%)

Positive, n (%)

Children’s sex

 Male

158

(55.6)

23

(14.6)

135

(85.4)

0.178

 Female

126

(44.4)

26

(20.6)

100

(79.4)

 

Ethnicity

 Lao-Tai

228

(80.3)

42

(18.4)

186

(81.6)

0.331

 Mon-Khmer

56

(19.7)

7

(12.5)

49

(87.5)

 

Education level of mother

 Illiterate/no schooling

105

(37.0)

16

(15.2)

89

(84.8)

0.168

 Primary

149

(52.5)

24

(16.1)

125

(83.9)

 

 Secondary

30

(10.6)

9

(30.0)

21

(70.0)

 

Marital status

 Married

266

(93.7)

48

(18.1)

218

(82.0)

0.346

 Widowed

11

(3.9)

0

(0.0)

11

(100.0)

 

 Divorced

7

(2.5)

1

(14.3)

6

(85.7)

 

Religion

 Buddhist

186

(65.5)

38

(20.4)

148

(79.6)

0.005

 Animist

98

(34.5)

11

(11.2)

87

(88.8)

 

Occupation

 Rice farmer

276

(97.2)

45

(16.3)

231

(83.7)

0.032

 Other*

8

(2.8)

4

(50.0)

4

(50.0)

 

Toilet mainly used

 No facility

122

(43.0)

14

(11.5)

108

(88.5)

0.007

 Pit latrine

111

(39.1)

19

(17.1)

92

(82.9)

 

 Flush

51

(18.0)

16

(31.4)

35

(68.6)

 
  1. Total may not become 100% due to rounding off
  2. Fisher’s exact test
  3. *Teacher/civil servant (n = 4), no occupation (n = 3), trade/business (n = 1)