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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)

  1. Participants were from four wards in Ilala District, Dar es Salaam. Table shows the number (%) of individuals who gave the indicated response to the indicated question.
  2. a) Female to male ratio was 0.6, 0.3, 1.3 and 0.4, and mean age (range) in years was 42.9 (21–75), 36.7 (18–73), 42.9 (18–80) and 46.5 (26–79), respectively, among those interviewed in Mchikichini, Vingunguti, Ukonga and Chanika wards.
  3. b) Other choices were: witchcraft, eating bad food, touching or sleeping with person with the mentioned sign, Gods decision, injury, and stepping barefooted on dirty matter.