Evaluation of mass drug administration in the program to control imported lymphatic filariasis in Thailand

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Table 1 Accessibility of DEC by individual characteristics (n = 939)

Variable	Total	Accessibility of DEC				P
		Yes (n = 707)		No (n = 232)
		N	%	N	%
Documented						<0.001
Yes	860	703	81.7	157	18.3
No	79	4	5.1	75	94.9
Sex						0.351
Female	542	402	74.2	140	25.8
Male	397	305	76.8	92	23.2
Age group (years)						0.038
<21	191	150	78.5	41	21.5
21–30	338	243	71.9	95	28.1
31–40	237	191	80.6	46	19.4
41–50	116	86	74.1	30	25.9
>50	57	37	64.9	20	35.1
Marital status						0.034
Married	652	478	73.3	174	26.7
Other	287	229	79.8	58	20.2
Occupation						<0.001
Unemployed	267	172	64.4	95	35.6
Employed monthly	453	400	88.3	53	11.7
Employed daily	219	135	61.6	84	38.4
Education status						0.405
None	225	175	77.8	50	22.2
Primary school	481	358	74.4	123	25.6
Secondary school	215	163	75.8	52	24.2
University	18	11	61.1	7	38.9
Length of stay in community (months)
≤12	169	112	66.3	57	33.7	0.009
13–36	221	178	80.5	43	19.5
37–60	157	123	78.3	34	21.7
>60	392	294	75.0	98	25.0
Living zone						<0.001
Factory area	478	388	81.2	90	18.8
Fishery area	461	319	69.2	142	30.8

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