Low uptake of malaria testing within 24 h of fever despite appropriate health-seeking among migrants in Myanmar: a mixed-methods study

Table 2 Background characteristics andhealth-seeking for malaria among migrants with fever in last 3 months in regional artemisinin-resistance initiative (RAI) areas of Myanmar, 2016 [N = 964]

Variables	N	Proportion^a	(95% CI)
Total	964	100	–
Individual level
Age n years
< 5	175	18.2	(15.5, 20.9)
5–14	196	20.3	(17.4, 23.1)
15–59	538	55.8	(52.2, 59.4)
≥ 60	22	2.3	(1.2, 3.4)
Not known	33	3.4	(1.9, 4.9)
Mean	964	24.6	(22.9, 26.3)
Sex
Male	526	54.5	(50.9, 58.2)
Female	438	45.5	(41.8, 49.1)
Household level
House hold size
1–2	149	15.5	(12.7, 18.3)
3–4	372	38.6	(35.0, 42.1)
5–6	332	34.5	(31.0, 37.9)
> 6	111	11.5	(9.2, 13.8)
Mean	964	4.4	(4.2, 4.5)
Housing status
Own house	433	44.9	(41.3, 48.5)
Rental	10	1.0	(0.3, 1.7)
Employer allowed place	467	48.5	(44.8, 52.1)
Not known	54	5.6	(3.7, 7.6)
Main occupation of family
Farming/gardening/rubber plantation work	285	29.6	(26.2, 33.0)
Stone mining work/brick kiln work	236	24.4	(21.3, 27.6)
Merchant	20	2.1	(1.2, 3.0)
Daily wage labourer	212	22.0	(19.0, 25.0)
Not known	212	22.0	(19.0, 25.0)
Migrant category^b
Category I	329	34.1	(30.6, 37.6)
Category II	222	23.0	(19.9, 26.0)
Category III	369	38.3	(34.6, 41.8)
Not known	45	4.7	(2.8, 6.5)
Duration of intention to stay
Less than 6 months	92	9.6	(7.3, 11.9)
6 months to 1 year	81	8.4	(6.2, 10.5)
More than 1 year	167	17.3	14.7, 19.9)
Not known	624	64.8	(61.3, 68.3)
Knowledge score^c
Mean	964	5.1	(4.9, 5.3)
Health-seeking
Inappropriate	209	21.7	(18.6, 24.7)
No medication	16	1.7	(0.6, 2.7)
Self-medication	186	19.3	(16.4, 22.2)
Quack	7	0.7	(0.1, 1.3)
Appropriate	734	76.1	(73.0, 79.2)
Trained VHV	67	6.9	(5.0, 8.9)
RHC/sub-centre	380	39.4	(35.8, 42.9)
Township/station hospital	95	9.9	(7.7, 12.1)
Private clinic	68	7.0	(5.2, 8.8)
Private clinic of midwife/HA	88	9.1	(6.9, 11.3)
AMW	36	3.8	(2.3, 5.3)
Not known	21	2.2	(1.3, 3.1)

Weighted estimates given taking into account the sampling design
VHV village health volunteer, RHC rural health centre, HA health assistant, AMW auxiliary midwife; CI confidence interval
^aColumn percentages
^bPermanent or semi-permanent work settings with high social capital, where substantial results can be achieved for malaria control (category I); semi-permanent settings with moderate social capital, where substantial community-based results can be achieved for malaria control (category II); and small, often temporary work sites, with low social capital and resource availability (category III)
^cMaximum knowledge score is 11

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