Table 2 Socio-economic factors and the use of three major anti-malarial drugs
Socio-economic factors | Drugs taken | Duration of use | Dosage of use | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | SP | ACT | Quinine | Correct | Incorrect | Correct | Incorrect |
Education level | Primary | 19 (35.8%) | 18 (34.0%) | 5 (9.4%) | 28 (52.8%) | 25 (47.2%) | 44 (83.0%) | 9 (17.0%) |
| Â | Secondary | 19 (39.6%) | 15 (31.3%) | 1 (2.1%) | 5 (50.0%) | 21 (43.8%) | 36 (75.0%) | 12 (25.0%) |
| Â | Post-Secondary | 5 (50.0%) | 3 (30.0%) | 0 | 27 (56.3%) | 5 (50.0%) | 6 (60%) | 4 (40.0%) |
| Â | Still in school | 17 (30.4%) | 20 (35.7%) | 4 (7.1%) | 37 (66.1%) | 19 (33.9%) | 45 (80.4%) | 11(19.6%) |
| Â | None | 4 (33.3%) | 0 | 1 (8.3%) | 10 (83.3%) | 2 (16.7%) | 8 (66.7%) | 4(33.3%) |
| Â | Under 6 | 83 (38.1%) | 71 (32.6%) | 17(7.8%) | 121 (55.5%) | 97 (44.5%) | 165 (75.7%) | 53(24.3%) |
HH breadwinner | Husband | 105 (37.9%) | 97 (35.0%) | 16 (5.8%) | 164 (59.2%) | 113 (40.8%) | 219 (79.1%) | 58 (20.9%) |
| Â | Wife | 21 (33.3%) | 18 (28.6%) | 4 (6.3%) | 30 (47.6%) | 33 (52.4%) | 45 (71.4%) | 18 (28.6%) |
| Â | Others | 21 (37.3%) | 11 (20.4%) | 8 (14.8%) | 34 (61.1%) | 22 (38.9%) | 39 (68.5%) | 17 (31.5%) |
HH inc. source | Salaried | 27 (33.8%) | 29 (36.3%) | 6 (7.5%) | 50 (62.5%) | 30 (37.5%) | 65 (81.3%) | 15 (18.8%) |
| Â | Self employed | 53 (35.3%) | 47 (31.3%) | 7 (4.7%) | 96 (64.0%) | 54 (36.0%) | 110 (73.3%) | 40 (26.7%) |
| Â | Petty business | 42 (41.6%) | 27(26.7%) | 11 (10.9%) | 51 (50.5%) | 50 (49.5%) | 79 (78.2%) | 22 (21.8%) |
| Â | Casual worker | 24 (39.3%) | 23 (37.7%) | 4 (6.6%) | 29 (47.5%) | 32 (52.5%) | 47 (77.0%) | 14 (23.0%) |
| Â | Farming | 1 (50.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 0 | 1 (50.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 1(50.0%) | 1 (50.0%) |
| Â | Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(50.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 1 (50.0%) |
HH monthly inc. | Below Ksh.4500 | 56 (34.4%) | 48 (29.4%) | 11 (6.7%) | 85 (52.1%) | 78 (47.9%) | 115 (70.6%) | 48 (29.4%) |
| Â | Ksh.4500-9000 | 74 (40.2%) | 58 (31.5%) | 12 (6.5%) | 111 (60.3%) | 73(39.7%) | 147 (79.9%) | 37 (20.1%) |
| Â | Over Ksh. 9000 | 17 (35.4%) | 21 (43.8%) | 4(8.3%) | 30 (62.5%) | 18 (37.5%) | 40 (83.3%) | 8 (16.7%) |
Ability to read | Able to read | 121 (38.2%) | 114 (36.0%) | 20 (6.3%) | 181 (57.1%) | 136 (42.9%) | 246 (77.6%) | 71 (22.4%) |
| Â | Unable to read | 26 (32.9%) | 13 (16.5%) | 7 (8.9%) | 46 (58.2%) | 33 (41.8%) | 57 (72.2%) | 22 (27.8%) |