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Table 2 Socio-dermographic characteristics and IPTp use

From: Determinants of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy (IPTp) utilization in a rural town in Western Nigeria

 

% IPTP non users No [%]

% IPTP use No [%]

Total No [%]

ODDS RATIO [C.I]

Age

15–19 yrs

5 [3.4]

5 [4.7]

10 [3.9]

1.00

20–24 yrs

28 [18.9]

21 [19.6]

49 [19.2]

1.33 [0.28–6.29]

25–34 yrs

99 [66.9]

67 [62.6]

166 [65.1]

1.48 [0.35–6.18]

>35 yrs

16 [10.8]

14 [13.1]

30 [11.8]

1.14 [0.22–5.95]

Total

148 [100.0]

107 [100.0]

255 [100.0]

 

Educational level

Nil

13 [8.8]

7 [6.5]

20 [8.9]

1.00

Primary

21 [14.2]

24 [22.4]

45 [20.0]

0.47 [0.14–1.58]

Secondary

74 [50.0]

46 [43.0]

120 [53.3]

0.87 [0.29–2.55]

Tertiary

40 [27.0]

30 [28.0]

70 [31.1]

0.72 [0.23–2.24]

Occupation

Unemployed

19 [12.8]

12 [11.2]

31 [12.2]

1.00

Students

8 [5.4]

7 [6.5]

15 [5.9]

0.72 [0.17–2.98]

Traders

18 [12.2]

11 [10.3]

29 [11.4]

1.03 [0.32–3.33]

Artisans

45 [30.4]

42 [39.3]

87 [34.1]

0.68 [0.27–1.69]

White collar jobs

58 [39.2]

35 [32.7]

93 [36.5]

1.05 [0.42–2.61]

Knowledge of Malaria prophylaxis in Pregnancy

Adequate

121 [81.8]

100 [93.5]

221 [86.7]

3.19 [1.26–8.42]

Not-adequate

27 [18.2]

7 [6.5]

34 [13.3]

1.00