Community acceptability, participation, and adherence to mass drug administration with primaquine for Plasmodium vivax elimination in Southern Thailand: a mixed methods approach

Table 1 General characteristics of study participants (n = 469)

Characteristics	n	%
Gender
Female	251	53.52
Male	218	46.48
Age (years)
18–30	96	20.47
31–40	109	23.24
41–50	100	21.32
51–60	99	21.11
> 60	65	13.86
\(\overline{\mathrm{x }}\pm \mathrm{SD }\)	44.30	± 15.10
Religion
Buddhism	62	13.22
Islamism	407	86.78
Education level
Illiterate	49	10.45
Monastery education	30	6.40
Primary school	223	47.55
Secondary school	156	33.26
University and above	11	2.35
Occupation
Unemployed	9	1.92
Farmers	226	48.19
Merchants	26	5.54
Government officer	14	2.99
Housewife	63	13.43
Student	15	3.20
General labors	116	24.73
Marital status
Married	379	80.81
Widow/divorced/separated	40	10.66
Single	50	8.53
Experienced malaria infection
No	134	28.57
Yes	335	71.43
Participation status
Eligibility pass at the beginning and took PQ at least 1 dose	264	56.29
Eligibility pass at the beginning but did not take PQ for any reason	29	6.18
Ineligibility in MDA	176	37.53

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