Table 2.

Health perceptions in relation to participation

	MDA administration								p value*
	No		Incomplete		Complete		Total
Number respondents	(56)		(148)		(174)		(378)
What sickness causes most health problems in your village? (more than one answer was allowed)
Malaria	42	75 %	116	78 %	137	79 %	295	78 %	0.978
Respiratory tract infections	9	16 %	23	16 %	24	14 %	56	15 %	0.065
Diarrhoea	5	9 %	12	8 %	14	8 %	31	8 %	0.871
Tuberculosis	0	0 %	1	1 %	5	3 %	6	2 %	0.302
What causes malaria? (more than one answer was allowed)
Mosquitoes transmit malaria	44	79 %	96	65 %	137	79 %	277	73 %	0.012
Don’t know	7	13 %	37	25 %	17	10 %	61	16 %	0.001
No answer	5	9 %	15	10 %	20	11 %	40	11 %
What do you do to prevent malaria? (more than one answer was allowed)
Use bed net	38	68 %	107	72 %	137	79 %	282	75 %	0.140
Use mosquito coils	4	7 %	13	9 %	16	9 %	33	9 %	0.854
Cut down the grass	6	11 %	5	3 %	16	9 %	27	7 %	0.249
Spray household with insecticide	4	7 %	8	5 %	8	5 %	20	5 %	0.178
No answer	4	7 %	15	10 %	0		19	5 %
What kind of complaints do people with malaria have? (more than one answer was allowed)
Shivering	26	46 %	69	47 %	85	49 %	180	48 %	0.376
Fever	30	54 %	76	51 %	71	41 %	177	47 %	0.268
Headache	25	45 %	64	44 %	86	49 %	175	46 %	0.001
Vomiting	14	25 %	36	24 %	44	25 %	94	25 %	0.046

The table shows the number of respondents who mentioned an answer unprompted. The statistical comparison is between people who mentioned and who didn’t mention an answer. Responses are sorted by totals, percentages % refer to columns not rows

* Chi squared test or Fisher’s exact test