Table 6 Questionnaire-based survey among heads of households in the community study
From: Urban lymphatic filariasis in the metropolis of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Question | Response | Warda | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n=172) | Mchikichini (n=49) | Vingunguti (n=38) | Ukonga (n=39) | Chanika (n=46) | ||
Your main occupation? | Employee | 33 (19.2) | 14 (28.6) | 2 (5.3) | 12 (30.8) | 5 (10.9) |
Business/self employed | 105 (61.0) | 32 (65.3) | 36 (94.7) | 20 (51.3) | 17 (37.0) | |
Peasant | 24 (14.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (5.1) | 22 (47.8) | |
Other | 10 (5.8) | 3 (6.1) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (12.8) | 2 (4.3) | |
Your educational level? | Not completed primary | 31 (18.0) | 4 (8.2) | 3 (7.9) | 7 (17.9) | 17 (37.0) |
Completed primary, but not secondary | 104 (60.5) | 29 (59.2) | 31 (81.6) | 19 (48.7) | 25 (54.3) | |
Completed secondary | 37 (21.5) | 16 (32.7) | 4 (10.5) | 13 (33.3) | 4 (8.7) | |
Average monthly income of your household? | < 80,000 TSh | 104 (60.5) | 23 (46.9) | 31 (81.6) | 16 (41.0) | 34 (73.9) |
≥ 80,000 TSh | 68 (39.5) | 26 (53.1) | 7 (18.4) | 23 (59.0) | 12 (26.1) | |
What causes elephantiasis? | Mosquito bite | 69 (40.1) | 24 (49.0) | 17 (44.7) | 10 (25.6) | 18 (39.1) |
Otherb | 11 (6.4) | 1 (2.0) | 3 (7.9) | 2 (5.1) | 5 (10.9) | |
Do not know | 92 (53.5) | 24 (49.0) | 18 (47.4) | 27 (69.2) | 23 (50.0) | |
What causes hydrocele? | Mosquito bite | 50 (29.1) | 15 (30.6) | 19 (50.0) | 6 (15.4) | 10 (21.7) |
Otherb | 8 (4.7) | 1 (2.0) | 3 (7.9) | 1 (2.6) | 3 (6.5) | |
Do not know | 114 (66.3) | 33 (67.3) | 16 (42.1) | 32 (82.1) | 33 (71.7) | |
Do you sleep under bed net? | Yes | 160 (93.0) | 47 (95.9) | 35 (92.1) | 37 (94.9) | 41 (89.1) |
Have you ever taken drugs for LF? | Yes | 32 (18.6) | 5 (10.2) | 7 (18.4) | 10 (25.6) | 10 (21.7) |