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Table 1 Profile of respondents

From: Factors affecting uptake of optimal doses of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in six districts of Tanzania

 

Number of respondents (n)

Percent (%)

Overall

1,267

100.0

Age (years)

  

  <20

132

10.4

  20-34

909

71.7

  >34

226

17.8

Marital status

  

  Currently married

1,152

90.9

  Ever married

50

4.0

  Single

65

5.1

Education

  

  No education

226

17.8

  Primary

879

69.4

  Secondary+

162

12.8

Occupation

  

  Farmer/livestock keeper

909

71.7

  Employed/self-employed

165

13.0

  No job/housewife

193

15.2

District

  

  Geita

198

15.6

  Kahama

368

29.0

  Kondoa

217

17.1

  Mbozi

280

22.1

  Singida

82

6.5

  Sumbawanga

122

9.6