Table 5.

Multivariate analysis of key variables associated with participation in the campaign

	MDA
	Less than complete		Complete		Total	OR (univariate)		OR (multivariate)*
	n	%	n	%
Number respondents	204	54	174	46	378		p value		p value
Demographics of respondents
Village
HKT	86	70	37	30	123	1		1
KNH	17	23	58	77	75	7.9	<0.001	17.3*	0.001*
TOT	78	68	36	32	114	1.1	0.803	2.7*	0.2*
TPN	23	35	43	65	66	4.4	<0.001	9.3*	0.007*
Ethnicity
Burman	59	67	29	33	88	1		1
Other	3	37	5	63	8	3.4	0.110	1.5*	0.6*
Paw	42	39	66	61	108	3.2	<0.001	2.0*	0.03
Sgaw	99	58	73	42	172	1.5	0.139	1.9*	0.08*
Profession: shop-keeper
No	175	52	161	48	336	1		1
Yes	29	69	13	31	42	0.5	0.041	0.6**	0.1**
Health perceptions in relation to participation: do you know what causes malaria?
I know	160	50	157	50	317	1
I don’t know	44	72	17	28	61	0.4	0.002	0.5*	0.05*
Perceptions of the campaign: do you think you received enough information about the MDA?
Yes	69	38	112	62	181	1		1
No	20	53	18	47	38	0.6	0.1	0.5**	0.07**
Don’t know	29	81	7	19	36	0.2	<0.001	0.3**	0.01**
Would you recommend the MDA programme to someone else?
Yes	63	38	103	62	166	1		1
No	2	100	0	0	2	NA		NA
Don’t know	53	61	34	39	87	0.4	0.001	0.9**	0.9**

The most relevant key variables in each table which were statistically significant in the univariate analysis were included in the multivariate analysis

* Adjusted for village, ethnicity, do you know what causes malaria, and how did you hear about malaria—study staff

** Adjusted for village only