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Table 1 General characteristics of pregnant women surveyed (n = 700)

From: Intermittent use of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria prevention: a cross-sectional study of knowledge and practices among Ugandan women attending an urban antenatal clinic

Characteristic

Number of respondents

Proportion (%)

Parity (number of previous pregnancies ≥28 weeks)

First pregnancy

148

21.1

Second pregnancy

173

24.7

Third or more pregnancies

379

54.2

Number of ANC visits in last pregnancy (n = 552)*

None

32

5.8

One or two visits

90

16.3

Three visits

161

29.2

Four or more visits

269

48.7

Education level completed

None or never completed primary

113

16.1

Primary education

252

36.0

Ordinary level education

179

25.6

Advanced level education

87

12.4

Tertiary education

69

9.9

Knowledge on SP-IPTp use during pregnancy

Prevent malaria in mother (or unborn baby)

399

57.0

Treatment of malaria

109

15.4

Do not know

187

26.7

Other response

6

0.9

Experienced SP-IPTp unwanted effects (n = 629)**

  

None

432

68.7

Mild (headache/dizziness, nausea/vomiting, fever)

105

16.7

Severe (skin reaction, abdominal pain, general weakness)

92

14.6

  1. *Data excludes primigravidae, **data from only previous users of SP-IPTp.