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Table 2 Socioeconomic status of the pregnant women

From: The effectiveness and perception of the use of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy programme in Offinso district of ashanti region, Ghana

Occupation

N (306) (%)

Farmer/housewife

79 (25.8)

Trader

108 (35.3)

Artisan

49 (16.0)

Civil servants

12 (3.9)

Unemployed

58 (19.0)

Own Properties

 

Car

53 (17.3)

Motorbikes

31 (10.1)

Bicycles

155 (50.7)

Radio

261 (85.3)

Television

154 (50.3)

Sleep on bed

264 (86.3)

Windows netted

171 (55.9)

Have mosquito nets

183 (59.8)

Have ITNS

173 (56.5)

Sleep in ITNS

145 (47.4)

Latrine at home

118 (38.6)

Source of drinking water

 

Pipe borne water

159 (52.0)

Well water

78 (25.5)

Bore-hole water

100 (32.7)

River water

43 (14.0)

Animals kept at home

 

Goats

54 (17.6)

Sheep

55 (18.0)

Poultry

188 (61.4)

Housing type

 

Blocks with Al roofing

86 (28.1)

Mud/Bricks with thatches/Al roofing

220 (71.9)