Factors influencing mass drug administration adherence and community drug distributor opportunity costs in Liberia: a mixed-methods approach

Table 2 Descriptive statistics by study component

Study component	Indicator	Category	Bong		Maryland		Total
Study component	Indicator	Category	N	%	N	%	N	%
1. Household MDA access and adherence survey (HHS)	Gender	Male	130	50	136	52	266	51
		Female	131	50	127	48	258	49
		Total	261	100	263	100	524	100
	Age	18–25	20	8	11	4	31	6
		26–49	136	52	140	53	276	53
		Over 49	74	28	85	32	159	30
		Not disclosed	31	12	27	10	58	11
		Total	261	100	263	100	524	100
	Disability status^a	Disability	28	11	26	10	54	10
		No disability	233	89	237	90	470	90
		Total	261	100	263	100	524	100
2. CDD cost survey (CDD CS)	Gender	Male	8	88.9	10	66.7	18	75
		Female	1	11.1	5	33.3	6	25
		Total	9	100	15	100	24	100
	Occupation	Farming	4	44.4	2	13.3	6	25
		Forest ranger	0	0	1	6.7	1	4.1
		Retired nurse	1	11.1	0	0	1	4.1
		Student	0	0	6	40	6	25
		Teacher	2	22.2	2	13.3	4	16.7
		Volunteer	1	11.1	3	20	4	16.7
		Business	1	11.1	1	6.7	2	8.3
		Total	9	100	15	100	24	100
3. CDD time and motion study (CDD TM)	Occupation	Farming	2	33.3	1	30	3	30
		Forest ranger	0	0	1	0	1	10
		Retired nurse	1	16.7	0	20	1	10
		Student	1	16.7	1	0	2	20
		Teacher	0	0	1	0	1	10
		Volunteer	1	16.7	0	50	1	10
		Business	1	16.7	0	0	1	10
		Total	6	100	4	100	10	100
4. Key informant survey (KIS)	Gender	Male	9	60	8	62	17	61
		Female	6	40	5	38	11	39
		Total	15	100	13	100	28	100
	Role	Town chief	5	33	4	31	9	32
		District Surveillance Officer	1	7	0	0	1	4
		Community Health Surveillance Supervisor	4	27	5	38	9	32
		Officer in charge	5	33	1	8	6	21
		Community Development Chairperson	0	0	3	23	3	11
		Total	15	100	13	100	28	100

^aDisability status was defined using the Washington group of questions on the difficulty in carrying out basic activities (seeing, hearing, walking, self-care, cognition and communication)

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