Table 1.
Profile of mass drug administration (MDA) survey respondents from Northern Samar, the Philippines (n = 2189)
| Profile | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||
| 18–30 | 455 | 20.8 |
| 31–40 | 569 | 26.0 |
| 41–50 | 534 | 24.4 |
| > 50 | 631 | 28.8 |
| Mean | 42.8 | |
| SD | 12.8 | |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 1051 | 48.0 |
| Female | 1138 | 52.0 |
| Education | ||
| None | 26 | 1.2 |
| Elementary | 1338 | 61.1 |
| High school | 641 | 29.3 |
| Vocational | 10 | 0.5 |
| College | 162 | 7.4 |
| Post-graduate | 12 | 0.6 |
| Occupation | ||
| None/Students | 1060 | 48.4 |
| Farmers | 588 | 26.9 |
| Fishermen | 83 | 3.8 |
| Others | 454 | 20.8 |
| Home ownership | ||
| No | 178 | 8.2 |
| Yes | 2006 | 91.9 |
| Land ownership | ||
| No | 818 | 37.5 |
| Yes | 1362 | 62.5 |
| Farm ownership | ||
| No | 1357 | 62.3 |
| Yes | 822 | 37.7 |
| Wealth status | ||
| Wealthy | 578 | 26.6 |
| Medium | 1326 | 60.9 |
| Poor | 273 | 12.5 |
| MDA coverage | 1760 | 80.4 |
| MDA compliance in the last MDA | ||
| Compliant | 1571 | 71.8 |
| Non-compliant | ||
| Eligible but absent during MDA | 406 | 18.5 |
| Present but did not get treatment or consume all drugs received | 192 | 8.8 |
| Not classified | ||
| Missing data | 8 | 0.4 |
| Eligible but were outside the province during MDA | 12 | 0.5 |