Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
Age in years | 5-9 | 175 | 45.6 |
 | 10-14 | 209 | 54.4 |
Sex | Male | 172 | 44.8 |
 | Female | 212 | 55.2 |
Helminth infection | Yes | 211 | 54.9 |
 | No | 173 | 45.1 |
Nutrition status | Undernourished | 124 | 67.7 |
 | Normal | 264 | 32.3 |
Anaemic status | Anaemic | 41 | 10.7 |
 | Not anaemic | 343 | 89.3 |
Family | 1 to 3 | 207 | 53.9 |
Size | 4-6 | 123 | 32.0 |
 | ≥7 | 54 | 14.1 |
Fathers | Literate | 182 | 47.4 |
education | Illiteratea | 202 | 52.6 |
Mothers | Literate | 143 | 37.2 |
education | Illiteratea | 241 | 62.8 |
Drinking | Tap | 131 | 34.1 |
water | Well | 148 | 38.5 |
sources | River/spring | 105 | 27.4 |
Hand | Yes | 361 | 94.0 |
Washing habit before eating | No | 23 | 6.0 |
Shoe | Yes | 86 | 22.4 |
Wearing | No | 298 | 77.6 |
Presence | Yes | 151 | 39.2 |
of latrine | No | 233 | 60.7 |
House | Cement | 21 | 5.5 |
Floor | Earthen | 263 | 94.5 |
Residence | Urban | 137 | 35.7 |
 | Rural | 247 | 64.3 |
Grade | 1 to 3 | 279 | 72.7 |
 | 3 to 6 | 105 | 27.3 |
Religion | Christian | 366 | 95.3 |
 | Muslim | 18 | 4.7 |