Table 1 Characteristics of participants included in the analysis
Variable | Category | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 1095 (43.8) |
Female | 1407 (56.2) | |
Age (years) | < 6 | 193 (7.7) |
6–18 | 992 (39.7) | |
19–49 | 1015 (40.6) | |
≥ 50 | 302 (12.1) | |
Occupation | Rice farmer | 1216 (48.6) |
School | 817 (32.7) | |
At home other | 469 (18.7) | |
Level of education | No school | 821 (32.8) |
Primary school | 1450 (58.0) | |
Secondary school or higher | 231 (9.2) | |
Socioeconomic status | Least poor | 918 (36.7) |
Poor | 815(32.6) | |
Poorest | 769 (30.7) | |
Ever treated for worms | Yes | 1754 (70.1) |
No or don’t know | 748 (29.9) | |
Reported regular defecation place | Forest | 908 (36.3) |
Toilet | 293 (11.7) | |
Rice field or water | 302 (12.1) | |
Behind the house | 999 (39.3) | |
Wearing shoes, frequency | Often or always | 2139 (85.5) |
Sometimes or never | 363 (14.5) | |
Washing hands before eating | Yes | 2304 (92.1) |
No | 198 (7.9) | |
Washing hands after defecating | Yes | 1834 (73.3) |
No | 668 (26.7) | |
Using soap or ashes when washing hands | Yes | 768 (30.7) |
No | 1734 (69.3) | |
Boiling drinking water | Never | 1841 (72.3) |
At dry or wet season, but not both | 191 (7.5) | |
Yes, both seasons | 514 (20.2) | |
Do you know anything about worms? | No | 2016 (80.6) |
Yes | 486 (19.4) | |
Ever used health facility | Yes | 1935 (77.3) |
No | 567 (22.7) | |
Distance to health facility (minutes) | Close (1 to 20Â min) | 701 (28.0) |
Less close (21 to 30Â min) | 729 (29.1) | |
Least close (≥ 31 min) | 502 (20.1) | |
Not applicable | 570 (22.8) | |
Toilet at home | No | 2216 (88.6) |
Yes | 286 (11.4) | |
Own dog | No | 873 (34.9) |
Yes | 1629 (65.1) | |
Own farm animals | No | 201 (8.0) |
Yes | 2301 (92.0) | |
Main water source for general use | Open water bodya, rain | 178 (7.1) |
Well | 1525 (61.0) | |
Open water: pond canal river lake dam | Well pump | 799 (31.9) |
District | Tbang Mean Chey | 559 (22.3) |
Rovieng | 626 (25.0) | |
Chey Saen | 354 (14.2) | |
Choam Khsant | 402 (16.1) | |
Sangtom Thmei | 248 (9.9) | |
Kulean | 313 (12.5) | |
Land use/land cover | Savanna | 769 (30.8) |
Forests | 300 (12.0) | |
Grassland | 191 (7.6) | |
Cropland and crop-natural vegetation mosaic | 1242 (49.6) | |
Soil organic carbon (g/kg) | 5.00–9.99 | 1190 (47.6) |
10.00–19.99 | 1312 (52.4) | |
median (IQR) | Â | |
LST day year minimum (°K) | 299.4 (2.1) |  |
LST night year mean (°K) | 296.2 (0.7) |  |
Rainfall year maximum (mm/day) | 16.7 (1.1) | Â |