Table 7 Associations of attitude and practices of the participants towards schistosomiasis with their employment status and household monthly income

Not working

working

OR

95 % CI

<YR20,000

≥ YR20,000

OR

95 % CI

Attitude:

 Serious disease

92(73.0)

86(82.7)

1.8

0.9, 3.4

105(75.0)

73(80.2)

1.4

0.7, 2.6

Practices:

 Swimming/bathing in open water source

32(22.5)

34(31.8)

1.6

0.9, 2.8

38(24.1)

29(31.2)

1.4

0.8, 2.5

 Indiscriminate defaecation/urination

108(75.5)

40(37.4)

0.2

0.2, 0.3*

120(76.4)

28(30.1)

0.1

0.1, 0.2*

 Fetching water from ponds/streams

78(54.4)

61(57.0)

1.1

0.7, 1.8

88(55.7)

51(54.8)

1.0

0.6, 1.6

 Washing clothes & utensil in open water

41(28.7)

43(39.8)

1.6

0.9, 2.8

47(29.7)

36(39.1)

1.5

0.9, 2.6

 Wearing shoes when outside

81(57.0)

105(97.2)

19.4

8.0, 47.1*

100(63.7)

86(92.5)

7.0

3.0, 16.2*

 Drinking untreated water

100(70.4)

73(67.6)

0.9

0.5, 1.5

108(68.8)

65(69.9)

1.1

0.6, 1.8

 Seeking treatment from clinic for GIT and urinary tract symptoms

110(77.5)

93(86.1)

1.8

0.9, 2.5

124(79.0)

79(84.9)

1.5

0.8, 3.0