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Table 2 Reported malaria and treatment seeking patterns among survey households.

From: Rethinking the economic costs of malaria at the household level: Evidence from applying a new analytical framework in rural Kenya

 

Wet season (%)

Dry season (%)

P values

Households reporting at least one malaria episode 2 wks before survey

187 (63.6)

104 (36.5)

<0.001

Number of ill individuals

307 (14.2%)

187 (8.8%)

<0.001

Individuals reporting malaria by age

   

• <5

95 (31.0)

70 (37.5)

0.79

• 5–<10

62 (20.2)

36 (19.3)

0.80

• 10–<18

60 (19.5)

34 (18.2)

0.71

• 18–<35

37 (12.1)

24 (12.8)

0.78

• 35+

53 (17.3)

23 (12.3)

0.14

Actions taken within HH:

   

• Herbs

26 (7.5)

19 (11.5)

0.13

• Modern drugs already there

22 (6.4)

6 (3.6)

0.21

• Prayers

18 (5.2)

9 (5.5)

0.89

Actions taken outside HH:

   

• Shops

196 (56.7)

84 (51.2)

0.25

• Private clinic

39 (11.3)

10 (6.1)

0.06

• Government

30 (8.7)

25 (15.2)

0.00

• Healer

3 (0.9)

3 (1.8)

0.39

 

12 (3.5)

8 (4.8)

0.47