Table 4. Descriptive analysis of key variables by sex in the primary study population.
| Variable | Men (n = 106) | Women (n = 284) | Total (n = 390) | pvalue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | ||
| Self-rated understanding of LF | |||||||
| No knowledge (1) | 29 | 27.4% | 50 | 17.6% | 79 | 20.3% | 0.0133 |
| A little (2) | 26 | 24.5% | 83 | 29.2% | 109 | 27.9% | |
| Average (3) | 32 | 30.2% | 60 | 21.1% | 92 | 23.6% | |
| Good (4) | 8 | 7.5% | 45 | 15.8% | 53 | 13.6% | |
| Very good (5) | 11 | 10.4% | 46 | 16.2% | 57 | 14.6% | |
| Mechanism of LF transmission † | |||||||
| Worms | 7 | 6.6% | 31 | 10.9% | 38 | 9.7% | 0.2015 |
| Mosquitoes | 84 | 79.2% | 247 | 87.0% | 331 | 84.9% | 0.0582 |
| Water | 6 | 5.7% | 20 | 7.0% | 26 | 6.7% | 0.6265 |
| Hereditary | 1 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | *0.2718 |
| Other | 5 | 4.7% | 3 | 1.1% | 8 | 2.1% | *0.0371 |
| Don’t Know | 16 | 15.1% | 35 | 12.3% | 51 | 13.1% | 0.4703 |
| Believes LF to be asymptomatic | |||||||
| Yes | 49 | 46.2% | 159 | 56.0% | 208 | 53.3% | 0.3758 |
| Maybe | 16 | 15.1% | 37 | 13.0% | 53 | 13.6% | |
| No | 17 | 16.0% | 34 | 12.0% | 51 | 13.1% | |
| Don’t know | 24 | 22.6% | 54 | 19.0% | 78 | 20.0% | |
| Perception of number of people in village with LF | |||||||
| None (1) | 36 | 34.0% | 83 | 29.2% | 119 | 30.5% | *0.7622 |
| Few (2) | 10 | 9.4% | 36 | 12.7% | 46 | 11.8% | |
| Some (3) | 4 | 3.8% | 16 | 5.6% | 20 | 5.1% | |
| Quite a lot (4) | 3 | 2.8% | 9 | 3.2% | 12 | 3.1% | |
| Many (5) | 5 | 4.7% | 8 | 2.8% | 13 | 3.3% | |
| Don’t know | 48 | 45.3% | 132 | 46.5% | 180 | 46.2% | |
| Personal concern about LF | |||||||
| No, not at all (1) | 4 | 3.8% | 6 | 2.1% | 10 | 2.6% | *0.2557 |
| Not really (2) | 8 | 7.5% | 12 | 4.2% | 20 | 5.1% | |
| Maybe (3) | 10 | 9.4% | 24 | 8.5% | 34 | 8.7% | |
| Yes, a bit (4) | 30 | 28.3% | 94 | 33.1% | 124 | 31.8% | |
| Yes, definitely (5) | 45 | 42.5% | 136 | 47.9% | 181 | 46.4% | |
| Don’t Know | 9 | 8.5% | 12 | 4.2% | 21 | 5.4% | |
| Feeling about the number of pills received ‡ | |||||||
| Very happy | 12 | 16.4% | 48 | 21.2% | 60 | 20.1% | *0.3049 |
| Happy | 16 | 21.9% | 70 | 31.0% | 86 | 28.8% | |
| Neutral | 33 | 45.2% | 78 | 34.5% | 111 | 37.1% | |
| Unhappy | 5 | 6.8% | 16 | 7.1% | 21 | 7.0% | |
| Very unhappy | 5 | 6.8% | 12 | 5.3% | 17 | 5.7% | |
| Don’t know | 2 | 2.7% | 2 | 0.9% | 4 | 1.3% | |
| Number of times taken treatment | |||||||
| Never | 23 | 21.7% | 52 | 18.3% | 75 | 19.2% | 0.4501 |
| ≥ One time | 83 | 78.3% | 232 | 81.7% | 315 | 80.8% | |
* Denotes Fisher’s Exact Test.
† Mechanism of transmission was indicated through a multiple-response category. Percentages may exceed 100%.
‡ Question was only asked to those who said they remember the previous mass drug administration.