Table 1 Demographic characteristics and the use of three major anti-malarial drugs
Demographic factors | Drugs taken | Duration of use | Dosage of use | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | SP | ACT | Quinine | Correct | Incorrect | Correct | Incorrect |
Age | <13 years | 98 (37.4%) | 86 (32.8%) | 20 (7.6%) | 159 (60.7%) | 103 (39.3%) | 202 (77.1%) | 60 (22.9%) |
|  | ≥13 years | 49 (36.3%) | 41 (30.4%) | 8 (5.9%) | 69 (51.1%) | 51 (48.9%) | 102 (75.6%) | 33 (24.4%) |
Gender | Male | 67 (36.6%) | 60 (32.8) | 16 (8.7%) | 104 (56.8%) | 79 (43.2%) | 146 (79.8%) | 37 (20.2%) |
| Â | Female | 80 (37.4%) | 67 (31.3%) | 12 (5.6%) | 124 (57.9%) | 90 (42.1%) | 158 (73.8%) | 56 (26.2%) |
Marital status | Single | 7 (30.4%) | 6 (26.1%) | 2 (8.7%) | 14 (60.9%) | 9 (39.1%) | 18 (78.3%) | 5 (21.7%) |
| Â | Married | 31 (31.2%) | 31 (35.2%) | 3 (3.4%) | 50 (56.8%) | 38 (43.2%) | 67 (76.1%) | 21 (23.9%) |
| Â | Separated | 1 (50.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (100%) | 1 (50.0%) | 1 (50.0%) |
| Â | Widowed | 5 (41.7%) | 0 | 3 (25.0%) | 8 (66.7%) | 4 (33.3%) | 8 (66.7%) | 4 (33.3%) |
| Â | Underage | 102 (37.6%) | 90 (33.2%) | 20 (7.4%) | 155 (57.3%) | 116 (42.8%) | 209 (77.1%) | 62 (22.9%) |
HH head | Husband | 108 (40.4%) | 88 (33.0%) | 13(4.9%) | 161 (60.3%) | 106 (39.7%) | 205 (76.8%) | 62 (23.2%) |
| Â | Wife | 24 (31.6%) | 25 (32.9%) | 9 (11.8%) | 35 (46.1%) | 41 (53.9%) | 58 (76.3%) | 18 (23.7%) |
| Â | Caretaker | 14 (27.5%) | 13 (25.5%) | 6 (11.8%) | 30 (58.8%) | 21 (41.2%) | 39 (76.5%) | 12 (23.5%) |
| Â | Others | 1 (33.3%) | 1 (33.3%) | 0 | 1 (33.3%) | 2 (66.7%) | 2 (66.7%) | 1 (33.3%) |
HH size | 1-2 | 32 (39.5%) | 27 (33.3%) | 4 (4.9%) | 42 (51.9%) | 39 (48.1%) | 59 (72.8%) | 22 (27.2%) |
| Â | 3-5 | 83 (38.6%) | 65 (30.2%) | 16 (7.4%) | 127 (59.1%) | 88 (40.9%) | 167 (77.7%) | 48 (22.3%) |
| Â | 6 and above | 32 (31.7%) | 35 (34.7%) | 8 (7.9%) | 59 (58.4%) | 42 (41.6%) | 78 (77.2%) | 23 (22.8%) |