Table 1. Primary study population and key variables in total and subset by region.
| Variable | Region III (n = 111) | Region IV (n = 106) | Region V (n = 116) | Region X (n = 57) | Total (n = 390) | pvalue | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | ||
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Male | 34 | 30.6% | 31 | 29.2% | 25 | 21.6% | 16 | 28.1% | 106 | 27.2% | 0.4275 |
| Female | 77 | 69.4% | 75 | 70.8% | 91 | 78.4% | 41 | 71.9% | 284 | 72.8% | |
| Age | |||||||||||
| 18–25 | 22 | 19.8% | 16 | 15.1% | 15 | 12.9% | 10 | 17.5% | 63 | 16.2% | 0.5535 |
| 26–35 | 18 | 16.2% | 15 | 14.2% | 29 | 25.0% | 9 | 15.8% | 71 | 18.2% | |
| 36–45 | 28 | 25.2% | 23 | 21.7% | 21 | 18.1% | 12 | 21.1% | 84 | 21.5% | |
| 46–55 | 24 | 21.6% | 22 | 20.8% | 26 | 22.4% | 12 | 21.1% | 84 | 21.5% | |
| 56 + | 19 | 17.1% | 30 | 28.3% | 25 | 21.6% | 14 | 24.6% | 88 | 22.6% | |
| Education level attained | |||||||||||
| No school at all | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.9% | 5 | 4.3% | 1 | 1.8% | 7 | 1.8% | <0.0001 |
| Completed primary school | 25 | 22.5% | 9 | 8.5% | 46 | 39.7% | 12 | 21.1% | 92 | 23.6% | |
| Completed middle school | 13 | 11.7% | 17 | 16.0% | 5 | 4.3% | 2 | 3.5% | 37 | 9.5% | |
| Completed secondary school | 65 | 58.6% | 64 | 60.4% | 55 | 47.4% | 23 | 40.4% | 207 | 53.1% | |
| Completed college/university | 8 | 7.2% | 14 | 13.2% | 4 | 3.4% | 19 | 33.3% | 45 | 11.5% | |
| Other | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.9% | 1 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.5% | |
| Primary source of income | |||||||||||
| Fishing or farming (agriculture) | 3 | 2.7% | 2 | 1.9% | 62 | 53.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 67 | 17.2% | <0.0001 |
| Daily laborer | 19 | 17.1% | 7 | 6.6% | 2 | 1.7% | 4 | 7.0% | 32 | 8.2% | |
| Small scale enterprise | 5 | 4.5% | 10 | 9.4% | 3 | 2.6% | 5 | 8.8% | 23 | 5.9% | |
| Private employment | 16 | 14.4% | 47 | 44.3% | 3 | 2.6% | 21 | 36.8% | 87 | 22.3% | |
| Government/civil servant | 5 | 4.5% | 17 | 16.0% | 7 | 6.0% | 22 | 38.6% | 51 | 13.1% | |
| Other | 63 | 56.8% | 23 | 21.7% | 39 | 33.6% | 5 | 8.8% | 130 | 33.3% | |
| Self-rated understanding of LF | |||||||||||
| No knowledge (1) | 29 | 26.1% | 18 | 17.0% | 30 | 25.9% | 2 | 3.5% | 79 | 20.3% | <0.0001 |
| A little (2) | 24 | 21.6% | 19 | 17.9% | 40 | 34.5% | 26 | 45.6% | 109 | 27.9% | |
| Average (3) | 35 | 31.5% | 27 | 25.5% | 17 | 14.7% | 13 | 22.8% | 92 | 23.6% | |
| Good (4) | 6 | 5.4% | 18 | 17.0% | 18 | 15.5% | 11 | 19.3% | 53 | 13.6% | |
| Very good (5) | 17 | 15.3% | 24 | 22.6% | 11 | 9.5% | 5 | 8.8% | 57 | 14.6% | |
| Mechanism of transmission | |||||||||||
| Worms | 7 | 6.3% | 8 | 7.5% | 19 | 16.4% | 4 | 7.0% | 38 | 9.7% | 0.0391 |
| Mosquitoes | 88 | 79.3% | 96 | 90.6% | 94 | 81.0% | 53 | 93.0% | 331 | 84.9% | 0.0220 |
| Water | 8 | 7.2% | 11 | 10.4% | 2 | 1.7% | 5 | 8.8% | 26 | 6.7% | *0.0326 |
| Hereditary | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | *1.0000 |
| Other | 4 | 3.6% | 2 | 1.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 3.5% | 8 | 2.1% | *0.1358 |
| Don’t Know | 21 | 18.9% | 4 | 3.8% | 23 | 19.8% | 3 | 5.3% | 51 | 13.1% | 0.0003 |
| Believes LF to be asymptomatic | |||||||||||
| Yes | 57 | 51.4% | 67 | 63.2% | 52 | 44.8% | 32 | 56.1% | 208 | 53.3% | 0.0002 |
| Maybe | 27 | 24.3% | 7 | 6.6% | 17 | 14.7% | 2 | 3.5% | 53 | 13.6% | |
| No | 6 | 5.4% | 15 | 14.2% | 18 | 15.5% | 12 | 21.1% | 51 | 13.1% | |
| Don’t know | 21 | 18.9% | 17 | 16.0% | 29 | 25.0% | 11 | 19.3% | 78 | 20.0% | |
| Perception of number of people in village with LF | |||||||||||
| None (1) | 31 | 27.9% | 9 | 8.5% | 63 | 54.3% | 16 | 28.1% | 119 | 30.5% | † |
| Few (2) | 10 | 9.0% | 26 | 24.5% | 7 | 6.0% | 3 | 5.3% | 46 | 11.8% | |
| Some (3) | 3 | 2.7% | 9 | 8.5% | 7 | 6.0% | 1 | 1.8% | 20 | 5.1% | |
| Quite a lot (4) | 0 | 0.0% | 8 | 7.5% | 2 | 1.7% | 2 | 3.5% | 12 | 3.1% | |
| Many (5) | 0 | 0.0% | 12 | 11.3% | 1 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 13 | 3.3% | |
| Don’t know | 67 | 60.4% | 42 | 39.6% | 36 | 31.0% | 35 | 61.4% | 180 | 46.2% | |
| Personal concern about LF | |||||||||||
| No, not at all (1) | 5 | 4.5% | 1 | 0.9% | 3 | 2.6% | 1 | 1.8% | 10 | 2.6% | † |
| Not really (2) | 8 | 7.2% | 6 | 5.7% | 5 | 4.3% | 1 | 1.8% | 20 | 5.1% | |
| Maybe (3) | 2 | 1.8% | 10 | 9.4% | 20 | 17.2% | 2 | 3.5% | 34 | 8.7% | |
| Yes, a bit (4) | 27 | 24.3% | 26 | 24.5% | 39 | 33.6% | 32 | 56.1% | 124 | 31.8% | |
| Yes, definitely (5) | 57 | 51.4% | 63 | 59.4% | 43 | 37.1% | 18 | 31.6% | 181 | 46.4% | |
| Don’t Know | 12 | 10.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 5.2% | 3 | 5.3% | 21 | 5.4% | |
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Acceptability Score | 24.63 | ± 3.78 | 26.68 | ± 3.20 | 29.28 | ± 3.97 | 27.05 | ± 2.91 | 26.92 | ± 3.98 | |
* Denotes Fisher’s Exact Test.
† Data is too sparse across categories on these questions to run significance tests.