Bu araştırma, aile ortamı ve çocuk yuvasında yaşayan ilkokul çocuklarındaki barsak paraziti prevalansının karşılaştırılması amacıyla yapılmıştır

The study was carrıed out in order to make clear the prevalence of the primary school children both in family environment and orphnage. The area of the study ıncluded the prımary schools and orphages wıth in the borders of the rnınuzıpalıty of Erzurum. The prırnary school 1n city center were classifled as advarıtage, normal and dısadvantaged 1n order to the soclo economical condltlons of their localıty, and one school was randomly chosen from each group. üne branch from lhe 4 th year students of these schools and the central and Nenehatun orphnage 4 th year students were included in the study, Percerıtage and kisquare importance test were utillzed 1n the evaluatıon of the obtaıred dala. Of the student contained in the study group: 50.9 % were aged ten; 65.8 % were male: 29.2 % were the Iırst child of theır farnilies; 76.2 % had 4- 7 members in theır famil1es; 56.2 % had 4-6 mernbers: 45.4 % had fathers wıth prımary school educatıon; 5738 % had mother totally illiterate; 33.9 % had fathers working in office and educatıond insututıons; 99. ı % had mothers who were hausewives. 25.5 % of the students ıncluded in the study had parasıtes: the percentage of the parasites increare wtth the decreare of socıo econornıcal level, the chıldren in orphnages had the fewest parasltes.