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. 2023 Apr 12;13:5963. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32371-4

Table 4.

Underlying sociodemographic factors for non-participation of eligible samples in targeted primaquine treatment (n = 1315).

Sociodemographic factors Non-TPT (n = 107) TPT (n = 1208) cOR (95% CI) aOR (95% CI) p
n (%) n (%)
Age (years)
 7–14 15 (4.0) 357 (96.0) Ref Ref
 15–29 47 (15.7) 252 (84.3) 4.4 (2.43–8.11) 4.6 (2.79–9.15)  < 0.001*
 30–44 26 (8.7) 274 (91.3) 2.3 (1.17–4.35) 2.4 (1.19–4.66) 0.007*
 45–59 9 (4.2) 205 (95.8) 1.0 (0.45–2.43) 0.8 (0.23–2.55) 0.459
  ≥ 60 10 (7.7) 120 (92.3) 2.0 (0.87–4.53) 1.8 (0.67–3.90) 0.052
Gender
 Female 48 (6.0) 749 (94.0) Ref Ref
 Male 59 (11.4) 459 (88.6) 2.0 (1.35–2.99) 2.4 (1.67–3.58)  < 0.001*
Occupation
 Student 20 (5.1) 370 (94.9) Ref Ref
 Unemployed 3 (5.9) 48 (94.1) 1.2 (0.33–4.04) 1.1 (0.21–4.03) 0.410
 Farmers 68 (9.2) 672 (90.8) 1.9 (1.12–3.13) 1.9 (1.23–4.12) 0.008*
 Gold miners 16 (12.7) 110 (87.3) 2.7 (1.35–5.37) 3.5 (2.21–6.11) 0.002*
Annual family income (MMK)
  < 1,000,000 54 (7.4) 677 (92.6) 0.9 (0.45–1.74) 0.7 (0.35–1.45) 0.361
 1,000,000–1,999,999 31 (10.1) 277 (89.9) 1.2 (0.60–2.55) 1.1 (0.55–2.18) 0.278
 2,000,000–2,999,999 11 (7.7) 132 (92.3) 0.9 (0.39–2.21) 0.9 (0.33–2.20) 0.430
  ≥ 3,000,000 11 (8.3) 122 (91.7) Ref Ref
Education
 High school (Grade 10–11) 5 (9.3) 49 (90.7) Ref Ref
 No education 7 (14.6) 41 (85.4) 1.7 (0.49–5.67) 1.5 (0.38–5.67) 0.204
 Primary school (Grade 1–5) 58 (7.0) 773 (93.0) 0.7 (0.28–1.92) 0.7 (0.23–1.91) 0.265
 Middle school (Grade 6–9) 36 (10.0) 325 (90.0) 1.1 (0.41–2.90) 1.1 (0.42–3.11) 0.435
 Above high school 1 (4.8) 20 (95.2) 0.5 (0.05–4.46) 0.4 (0.03–4.63) 0.263

1USD˜2100MMK.

Other occupation groups including 3 teachers, 2 monks and 3 merchants were involved entirely in TPT and excluded from logistic regression.

TPT targeted primaquine treatment, cOR crude odds ratio, aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, Ref. reference.

*Significance at p < 0.05.