Relationship of sociodemographic variables and head-lice infestation among elementary school children in bet shemesh

Judith Rosenfeld, Orly Manor, Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu*

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Abstract

Fifty-seven children infested with live lice and eggs and 57 noninfested controls, ages 6-11, attending an elementary school in Bet Shemesh, a medium-sized community near Jerusalem, were compared. Children of fathers with fewer years of schooling, children whose fathers were born in Israel, and children of younger mothers were all at higher risk of infestation. However, head-lice infestation was not significantly associated with gender of the child, father’s and mother’s occupations, mother’s years of schooling, size of the family, or number of siblings under age 14.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)177-183
Number of pages7
JournalIsrael Journal of Zoology
Volume39
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993

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