Table 4: Factors associated with Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection from the best model

Variable Univariable Multivariable
OR(95% CI) P-value AOR(95% CI) P-value
Age of child 0.95(0.88,1.02) 0.225 0.94(0.84,1.05) 0.26
Sex of Child
Female
Male 1.01(0.58,1.75) 0.981 1.03(0.50,2.12) 0.943
Sex of Guardian
Female 1 1
Male 1.37(0.72,2.61) 0.336 2.16(0.88,5.29) 0.092
Marital Status of Guardian
Married 1 1
Not Married 0.76(0.39,1.50) 0.336 0.51(0.20,1.31) 0.161
Education of Guardian
No formal education 1
Primary 1.41(0.39,5.05) 0.598 0.86(0.16,4.54) 0.859
Secondary and above 1.47(0.42,5.15) 0.546 0.94(0.19,4.74) 0.945
Occupation of Guardian
Self-employment 1 1
Formal employment 1.02(0.49,2.12) 0.952 0.51(0.18,1.46) 0.211
Unemployment 0.86(0.41,1.82) 0.693 0.85(0.28,2.62) 0.783
Household Income
0-500 1 1
501-1000 1.79(0.93,3.45) 0.08 2.49(1.01,6.12) 0.047
1001-2000 1.08(0.39,3.00) 0.887 1.50(0.42,5.33) 0.533
2001-3500 0.43(0.10,1.90) 0.266 0.68(0.13,3.54) 0.646
3501-5000 1.34(0.28,6.42) 0.718 2.50(0.39,16.16) 0.335
>5001 1.67(0.18,15.48) 0.652 1.27(0.09,18.58) 0.863
Location
Urban 1 1
Rural 0.50(0.25,0.99) 0.048 0.26(0.09,0.73) 0.01
Hand Washing
Yes 1 1
No 1.30(0.63,2.67) 0.474 0.65(0.18,2.38) 0.514
No. in a shared room 1.27(1.09,1.49) 0.003 1.33(1.09,1.62) 0.004
History of Deworming
Yes 1 1
No 1.05(0.49,2.27) 0.898 0.25(0.03,2.03) 0.197

The more people shared a room, the greater the risk of developing soil-transmitted helminths (95% CI 0.09, 1.62 P=0.004) as shown in Table 3.4.