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Table 1 Demographic Factors and Compliance from Household Survey

From: Compliance with eight years of annual ivermectin treatment of onchocerciasis in Cameroon and Nigeria

Factor

 

Number

Level of Compliance (%)

X2, p value

   

Low

(0-2)

Moderate

(3-5)

High

(6-8)

 

Sex

Male

4173

25.9

29.4

44.7

10.00

 

Female

4296

27.4

31.4

41.1

0.004

Age

Youth (10-24 yrs)

3714

29.1

33.8

37.1

91.20

 

Adult

4766

24.8

27.8

47.4

0.000000

Ever Married

Yes

4239

23.8

27.2

49.0

130.01

 

No

4228

29.6

33.6

36.8

0.000000

Religion

Christian

8080

27.2

31.0

41.8

91.88

 

Others

391

14.1

19.7

66.2

0.000000

Education

None

1395

17.8

22.4

59.7

208.36

 

Primary

3506

26.6

31.7

41.7

0.000000

 

Post-Primary

3565

30.1

32.3

37.6

 

Ethnic

Majority

7984

24.5

31.1

44.4

380.14

 

Minority

435

66.4

20.2

13.3

0.000000