Correction: Functional illiteracy burden in soil-transmitted helminth (STH) endemic regions of the Philippines: An ecological study and geographical prediction for 2017.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007494.].

In Table 6, the row starting with “Prevalence of P. falciparum” is incorrectly marked with a ҂ symbol. This should instead be a superscript letter ‘c’, as on the adjacent rows.

Table 6

List of predictors considered as influencing the prevalence of functional illiteracy in school-aged children.

Predictors	Luzon		The Visayas		Mindanao
	RRR a (95CI b)	P-value	RRR a (95CI b)	P-value	RRR a (95CI b)	P-value
Age in years (continuous) c	1.08(0.85, 1.36)	0.55	1.18(0.96, 1.46)	0.12	0.99(0.72, 1.35)	0.95
Female (versus Male)	0.44(0.24, 0.79)	0.01	0.70(0.48, 1.02)	0.07	0.50(0.28, 0.88)	0.02
Below junior high school level (versus junior high school level completed)	9.69(3.27, 28.75)	*	10.69(5.25, 21.77)	*	8.33(3.53, 19.69)	*
Mean functional literacy levels of the heads of household (adult functional literacy) c	2.16(1.48, 3.14)	*	2.52(1.97, 3.21)	*	3.43(2.27, 5.17)	*
Low SES (versus high SES) d	1.97(1.52, 2.56)	*	1.98(1.24, 3.16)	*	3.28(1.65, 6.54)	*
Main sources of drinking water for members of household: Lake/pond/rain water/well (versus Piped into dwelling)	0.88(0.48, 1.61)	0.67	0.72(0.54, 0.94)	0.02	0.99(0.50, 1.95)	0.98
Types of toilet facility at home: No toilet/bush/field/pit toilet (versus Flush toilet)	1.08(0.50, 2.32)	0.85	1.86(1.17, 2.93)	0.01	0.67(0.28, 1.58)	0.36
Main material of floor of houses: Sand/bamboo/palm/wood floor (versus Cement)	1.60(0.81, 3.14)	0.17	0.83(0.71, 0.97)	0.02	1.64(0.77, 3.51)	0.20
Main material of outer walls of houses: Bamboo/palm/wood walls (versus Aluminium)	0.95(0.48, 1.90)	0.88	0.70(0.45, 1.10)	0.12	1.41(0.76, 2.63)	0.28
Household educational stimuli: Below the average total education stimuli scores (versus above the average total education stimuli scores) c	0.99(0.76, 1.29)	0.94	1.15(0.89, 1.48)	0.29	1.11(0.73, 1.68)	0.63
Prevalence of P. falciparum c	0.56(0.33, 0.95)	0.03	N/A	N/A	0.75(0.54, 1.04)	0.08
Prevalence of P. vivax c	1.29(0.81, 2.05)	0.28	N/A	N/A	1.26(1.04, 1.52)	0.02
Prevalence of A. lumbricoides c	1.10(0.84, 1.46)	0.49	0.92(0.71, 1.19)	0.51	-	-
Prevalence of T. trichiura c	1.58(0.72, 3.46)	0.26	0.88(0.43, 1.77)	0.71	-	-
Prevalence of A. lumbricoides monoinfection c	-	-	-	-	0.74(0.44, 1.23)	0.24
Prevalence of T. trichiura monoinfection c	-	-	-	-	1.40(1.10, 1.78)	0.01
Prevalence of A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura coinfection c	-	-	-	-	0.73(0.52, 1.03)	0.07
Intercept	0.05(0.02, 0.1)	*	0.05(0.03, 0.08)	*	0.04(0.02, 0.08)	*

Note: Reference group = functional literacy;

a RRR = ratios of relative risks;

b 95CI = 95% confidence interval;

c Variables were standardized to have mean of zero, and standard deviation of one;

d SES = socioeconomic status;

* Statistically significant (P<0.0001);

N/A = Not available.

Please see the corrected Table 6 below.