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Table 1 Monthly socio-demographic, antenatal and malaria-related characteristics of the respondents during the study intervention period.

From: Reaching the unreached: effectiveness and satisfaction with community-directed distribution of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for preventing malaria in pregnancy in rural South-East, Nigeria

Variable

Month 1 n = 143 (%)

Month 2 n = 158 (%)

Month 3 n = 153 (%)

Month 4 n = 230 (%)

Month 5 n = 155 (%)

Mean age ± SD

25.8 ± 5.0

At least one ANC visit

111 (77.6)

147 (93.0)

127 (83.0)

177 (77.0)

136 (87.7)

Mean number of ANC attended

2.9 ± 1.4 (n = 111)

3.0 ± 1.8 (n = 147)

3.1 ± 1.7 (n = 127)

3.2 ± 1.5 (n = 177)

3.0 ± 2.1 (n = 155)

Ever received IPTp

80 (55.9)

105 (66.5)

130 (85.0)

164 (71.3)

133 (85.8)

Source of IPTp

 PHC

55 (38.5)

40 (25.3)

18 (11.8)

31 (13.5)

12 (7.7)

 CDD

0 (0.0)

53 (33.5)

108 (70.6)

127 (55.2)

121 (78.1)

 Patent medicine vendor

24 (16.8)

12 (7.6)

4 (2.6)

6 (2.6)

0 (0.0)

 Others

1 (0.7)

1 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 ITN Ownership

121 (84.6)

130 (82.3)

130 (85.0)

195 (84.8)

143 (92.3)

 Slept under ITN the night before survey

118 (82.5)

128 (81.0)

129 (84.3)

194 (84.3)

142 (91.6)

 Had a fever in this pregnancy

62 (43.4)

44 (27.8)

27 (17.6)

39 (17.0)

33 (21.3)

 Treated for malaria in this pregnancy

56 (39.2)

73 (46.2)

35 (22.9)

60 (26.1)

31 (20.0)