Table 1.
Demographics, education and profession of respondents in relation to participation
| No MDA % | Incomplete MDA % | Complete MDA % | Total | p value* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number respondents | 56 | 15 % | 148 | 39 % | 174 | 46 % | 378 | 100 % | NA |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Female | 39 | 70 % | 111 | 75 % | 125 | 72 % | 284 | 73 % | |
| Male | 17 | 30 % | 36 | 25 % | 46 | 26 % | 107 | 26 % | |
| No answer | 0 | 1 | 1 % | 3 | 2 % | 4 | 1 % | 0.99 | |
| Age (mean in years) | 39 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 0.79** | ||||
| Village | |||||||||
| HKT | 34 | 61 % | 52 | 35 % | 37 | 22 % | 123 | 33 % | |
| TOTa | 19 | 34 % | 59 | 40 % | 36 | 21 % | 114 | 30 % | |
| KNH | 2 | 4 % | 15 | 10 % | 58 | 33 % | 75 | 20 % | |
| TPN | 1 | 2 % | 22 | 15 % | 43 | 25 % | 66 | 18 % | <0.001 |
| Ethnicity | |||||||||
| Sgaw | 23 | 41 % | 76 | 51 % | 73 | 42 % | 172 | 46 % | |
| Paw | 11 | 20 % | 31 | 21 % | 66 | 38 % | 108 | 29 % | |
| Burman | 21 | 38 % | 38 | 26 % | 29 | 17 % | 88 | 23 % | |
| Other | 1 | 2 % | 2 | 1 % | 5 | 3 % | 8 | 2 % | |
| No answer | 0 | 1 | 1 % | 1 | 1 % | 1 | % | 0.002 | |
| Literacy | |||||||||
| Yes | 36 | 64 % | 82 | 55 % | 105 | 60 % | 223 | 59 % | 0.457 |
| Profession | |||||||||
| Farmer | 33 | 59 % | 94 | 64 % | 110 | 63 % | 237 | 63 % | 0.818 |
| Other | 7 | 13 % | 35 | 24 % | 39 | 22 % | 81 | 21 % | NA |
| Shopkeeper | 15 | 27 % | 14 | 9 % | 13 | 7 % | 42 | 11 % | 0.008 |
| Forest worker | 1 | 2 % | 5 | 3 % | 12 | 7 % | 18 | 5 % | 0.349 |
Responses are sorted by totals; with the exception of the first row percentages % refer to columns not rows
MDA mass drug administration, NA not applicable
* Chi squared test or Fisher’s exact test
** Kruskal–Wallis equality-of-populations rank test
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