Table 1.

Coverage of and compliance with annual single-dose DEC in Burdwan district during 2010

Sex	Eligible population	No. of eligible people given DEC	Drug distribution coverage (%)	No. of people consuming DEC	Compliance (%)*	Effective coverage (%)
Male	286	141	49.30	85	60.28	29.72
Female	317	153	48.26	121	79.08	38.17
Total	603	294	48.76	206	70.07	34.16

χ²=0.03 (Drug distribution coverage among males and females), df=1, p=0.86; χ²=11.49 (Compliance among males and females), df=1, p=0.00;

*Compliance in percentage=Number of people who had ingested sufficient dose of DEC tablets/Total no. of people who had received the DEC tablets×100; df=Degree of freedom