Indicator | Overall | Nkhata Bay | Ntcheu | p-value |
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N = 369 | N = 178 | N = 191 | ||
Serious problems during pregnancy (%) | ||||
Accelerated/reduced fetal movement | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.97 |
Malaria | 43.4 | 51.2 | 41.2 | 0.02 |
Convulsions | 11.4 | 4.6 | 13.4 | 0.01 |
Loss of consciousness | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 0.87 |
Losing water | 10.9 | 14.8 | 9.8 | 0.36 |
High fever | 10.4 | 16.7 | 8.5 | 0.13 |
Bleeding | 40.5 | 45.6 | 39.1 | 0.31 |
Severe weakness | 2.5 | 5.4 | 1.7 | 0.10 |
Severe abdominal pain | 9.2 | 11.7 | 8.5 | 0.46 |
Difficulty breathing | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 0.63 |
Severe headache | 8.1 | 11.3 | 7.2 | 0.21 |
Swollen hands/face | 16.0 | 18.9 | 15.1 | 0.49 |
Blurred vision | 2.8 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 0.01 |
Signs of malaria (%) | ||||
Fever | 86.2 | 90.7 | 84.8 | 0.28 |
Diarrhoea | 16.2 | 20.7 | 14.9 | 0.36 |
Vomiting | 14.3 | 9.9 | 15.6 | 0.002 |
Convulsion | 8.9 | 6.7 | 9.6 | 0.46 |
Aches and pains | 42.7 | 47.3 | 41.3 | 0.36 |
How women can get malaria (%) | ||||
Mosquito bites | 79.6 | 89.9 | 76.6 | < 0.0001 |
Dirty food/water | 7.3 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 0.42 |
Dirty environment | 13.7 | 21.7 | 11.3 | 0.005 |
Identified mosquito bites as the primary means to get malaria | 68.6 | 62.1 | 70.6 | 0.03 |
N = 355 | N = 172 | N = 185 | ||
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How to prevent malaria (%) | ||||
Take IPTp | 28.6 | 41.0 | 24.8 | 0.02 |
Sleep under ITN | 85.3 | 85.7 | 85.2 | 0.92 |
Respondent identified both ITN and IPTp as prevention for MIP | 18.7 | 29.3 | 15.5 | < 0.0001 |
Respondent identified either ITN OR IPTp as prevention for MIP | 90.1 | 93.6 | 89.1 | 0.002 |
Effects of malaria in pregnancy (%) | ||||
Maternal death | 45.5 | 55.4 | 42.6 | 0.0004 |
Abortion/miscarriage | 33.4 | 48.3 | 29.1 | < 0.0001 |
Baby might die or be dead at birth | 32.3 | 38.9 | 30.3 | 0.09 |
Premature delivery | 19.9 | 27.2 | 17.7 | 0.04 |
Severe maternal malaria | 15.5 | 21.7 | 13.7 | 0.15 |
Baby might be small | 11.4 | 12.8 | 11.0 | 0.59 |
Anemia | 11.2 | 17.6 | 9.3 | 0.001 |
N = 172 | N = 183 | |||
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Knowledge indexa | ||||
Poor | 66.2 | 63.9 | 66.9 | 0.64 |
Adequate | 33.8 | 36.1 | 33.1 |