Table 2.

Reasons for missing the IFA doses among the study participants (n=114)

Reason for missing IFA	Frequency	Percentage
Forgetfulness	32	28.07
Side effects (like constipation, nausea, vomiting, etc)	40	35.09
High cost of medicine	1	0.88
Running out of supplement	21	18.42
Thinking IFA is not useful	4	3.5
Thinking it is no harm to skip sometimes	3	2.63
Was sick recently	8	7.02
Was travelling recently	5	4.39
Total	114	100