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Table 2 Travellers description, itinerary, knowledge prophylaxis use, and source of advice

From: Malaria knowledge and utilization of chemoprophylaxis in the UK population and in UK passengers departing to malaria-endemic areas

 

CAA

IPSOSa

Region to which travelled: n (%)b

    

  West Africa

208

(42)

95

(16)

  South and East Africa

199

(40)

196

(38)

  Asia and other

92

(18)

397

(74)

Reason for travel: n (%)c

    

  Business

98

(20)

95

(18)

  Leisure

397

(80)

458

(84)

  of whichd: Visiting Friends & Relatives

128

(56)

185

(27)

  other leisure

100

(44)

277

(57)

Prophylaxis: n (%) e

    

  Yes

283

(61)

302

(57)

  No

181

(39)

246

(43)

Knowledge Score (mean & SD) f

70.7

(14)

63.8

(12)

Advice Score: n (%)

    

  none

121

(24)

113

(18)

  non-professional

20

(4)

34

(7)

  professional

358

(72)

401

(74)

Ethnicity: n (%) g

    

  White

75

(51)

393

(82)

  Black

57

(39)

33

(4)

  Asian

12

(8)

107

(13)

  Mixed and other

3

(2)

14

(2)

Total

499

 

548

 
  1. aRestricted to the 548 reporting previous travel to malaria-endemic countries. The means, standard deviations and percentages are calculated using the sample weights. Percentages may sum to more than 100 due to multiple trips.
  2. b5 people in the IPSOS survey did not remember to which malaria-endemic country they had travelled
  3. Numbers of missing values in the two surveys: c 4 & 3, e35 & 0, g4 & 0, g352 & 1
  4. dIn the CAA survey, “Migration” (n = 2) and “Studies private/grants -formal academic course” (n = 16) were classified as leisure. This is retained here because follow-on questions were asked on the basis of this classification. For consistency, in IPSOS, ‘live there’ (n = 4) was classified as leisure. There was no education option in IPSOS. In CAA, only 228 of 398 respondents had data on type of leisure