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Table 3 CDTI compliance rate versus socio-demographic factors among the study participants in Kabo area, southwestern Ethiopia, 2012

From: Predictors of compliance with community-directed treatment with ivermectin for onchocerciasis control in Kabo area, southwestern Ethiopia

Variables (N = 308)

Category (no.)

Compliance to Ivermectin

P-value

  

Yes (%)

No (%)

 

Sex

Male (183)

147 (80.3)

36 (19.7)

0.78

Female (125)

102 (81.6)

23 (18.4)

 

Age group

≤35 Years (213)

160 (75.1)

53 (24.9)

0.00

>35 Years (95)

89 (93.7)

6 (6.3)

 

Ethnicity

Indigenous (13)

7 (53.8)

6 (46.2)

0.01

Others (295)

242 (82.0)

53 (18.0)

 

Religion

Orthodox (147)

122 (83.0)

25 (17.0)

0.20

Muslim (75)

63 (84.0)

12 (16.0)

 

Protestant (72)

52 (72.2)

20 (27.8)

 

Others (14)

12 (85.7)

2 (14.3)

 

Marital status

Married (231)

187 (81.0)

44 (19.0)

0.93

Single (77)

62 (80.5)

15 (19.5)

 

Educational status

Illiterate (144)

108 (75.0)

36 (25.0)

0.02

Literate (164)

141 (86)

23 (14)

 

Family size

1-4 (173)

142 (82.1)

31 (17.9)

0.29

5-8 (113)

92 (81.4)

21 (18.6)

 

9+ (22)

15 (68.2)

7 (31.8)

 

Length of stay

<10 Years (74)

45 (60.8)

29 (39.2)

0.00

≥10 Years (234)

204 (87.2)

30 (12.8)

 

Occupation

Farmer (221)

176 (79.6)

45 (20.4)

0.39

Others (87)

73 (83.9)

14 (18.1)