Table 2.

Reason for not consuming DEC tablets among those received in different rounds of treatment

Reasons	TR 1 n = 170		TR 2 n = 426		TR 3 n = 445		TR 4 n = 943		TR 5 n = 485
	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%
Aged	12	7.1	13	3.1	11	2.5	21	2.2	15	3.1
Sick/under treatment	36	21.2	79	18.5	70	15.7	147	15.6	103	21.2
Pregnant and lactating	13	7.6	22	5.2	35	7.9	38	4.0	17	3.5
Fear of side reaction	47	27.6	120	28.2	133	29.9	398	42.2	123	25.4
Forgot	22	12.9	65	15.3	87	19.6	99	10.5	84	17.3
No disease/not willing	30	17.6	88	20.7	95	21.3	153	16.2	102	21.0
Out of station	10	5.9	39	9.2	14	3.1	87	9.2	41	8.5