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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of caregivers participating in household survey during Phase 2

From: Evaluation of health system readiness and coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) in Kambia district to inform national scale-up in Sierra Leone

 

N

% (weighted)

Total # of caregivers

449

 

Caregiver sex

 Male

1

0.2

 Female

448

99.8

Age at interview (years), mean (std)

 

26.2 (7.15)

 18–24

204

47.5

 25–29

101

24.7

 30–34

70

16.4

 35–39

32

7.6

 40 + 

16

3.8

Marital status

 Currently married

398

90.2

 Currently living with partner

22

4.7

 Widowed

9

1.6

 Divorced/separated

3

0.6

 Single

17

2.9

Number of children given birth to (mean [IQR])

 

3 (2–5)

Number of children given birth to that are still alive (mean [IQR])

 

3 (2–4)

Highest level of education

 No schooling

307

71.7

 Primary

71

15.1

 Junior/Senior Secondary

66

12.3

 Diploma/Vocational

5

0.9

Literacy

 Cannot read at all

348

79.8

 Able to read only parts of sentence

57

11.4

 Able to read whole sentence

44

8.9

Religion

 Muslim

424

95.0

 Christian

23

4.7

 None

2

0.4