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Table 2 Background information on the surveyed population, individual level variables, Western Province, Kenya 2010

From: Does anti-malarial drug knowledge predict anti-malarial dispensing practice in drug outlets? A survey of medicine retailers in western Kenya

Variables

N = 115

%

Age

  

Age 15-20

n = 1

1%

Age 20-30

n = 43

37%

Age 30-40

n = 52

45%

Age 40-50

n = 9

8%

Age 50-60

n = 6

5%

Age 60+

n = 2

2%

Female Ratio

71%

 

Health Qualification

  

Pharmacist

n = 25

22%

Pharmacy Technologist

n = 10

9%

Pharmacy Assistant

n = 10

9%

Clinical Officer

n = 1

1%

Nurse

n = 38

33%

Nurse Assistant

n = 9

8%

Laboratory Technician

n = 1

1%

Other

n = 6

5%

None

n = 15

13%

Education

  

Completed primary

n = 2

2%

Completed Secondary

n = 35

30%

Some or completed above secondary

n = 77

67%

Anti-malarial Training

  

Attended malaria workshop

n = 46

40%

Attended malaria workshop after 2006

n = 34

30%

Received drug information from MOH

n = 94

82%