Table 2.

Health issues and social impact parameters

Variable	Number	Percent	Variable	Number	Percent
Complain since distribution of the drug was halted (n = 512)			Knowledge of people currently complaining about Onchocerciasis symptoms (n = 506)
No complain	461	90.0	No	453	89.5
Itching	37	7.2	Yes	53	10.5
Irritation	13	2.5	Change in the work performance of participants (n = 377)
Other	1	0.3	Stable	228	60.5
Receiving guests in the twelve past months (n = 373)			Increased	113	30.0
More often	167	44.8	Poor	36	9.5
Less often	128	34.3	Change in the revenue of participants (n = 371)
Regularly	78	20.9	Stable	226	60.9
Opinion regarding halt of ivermectin distribution (n = 482)			Decrease	73	19.7
Distribution to continue because of health benefits	377	78.2	Increase	72	19.4
Programme reached objectives and as halted	96	19.9	Receiving guests in the twelve past months (n = 373)
Distribution to continue because of programme failed	9	1.9	More often	167	44.8
Change in school attendance (n = 19)			Less often	128	34.3
Increase	10	52.6	Regularly	78	20.9
Decrease	7	36.8	Social events in the last twelve months (n = 162)
Stable	2	10.6	Birth	93	57.4
Change in school performance (n = 20)			Marriage	59	36.4
Good or better	12	60.0	Divorce	9	5.6
Fair or worse	8	40.0	Separate	1	0.6