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Table 4 Factors related to receipt of IPTi complete coverage (both IPTi-1 and IPTi-2) among infants ≥ 14 weeks (n = 444)

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

Variable

Complete IPTi-1/2 coverage, n/N, (%)

p-value from Chi-square testa

Caregiver schooling

 Ever attended

76/139

(53.7)

0.826

 Never attended

159/305

(55.4)

Caregiver literacy

 None

183/350

(55.0)

0.820

 Partial

29/54

(51.3)

 Full

23/40

(58.9)

Caregiver heard/saw a new way to prevent infants from getting malaria

 Yes

184/295

(64.5)

 < 0.001

 No

51/149

(35.0)

Child slept under net last night

 Yes

215/395

(55.6)

0.561

 No

20/49

(49.7)

Household wealth quintile

 1 (lowest)

48/92

(65.2)

0.189

 2

50/89

(64.0)

 3

40/88

(58.0)

 4

48/94

(61.7)

 5 (highest)

49/81

(75.3)

  1. aWith Rao-Scott correction to account for complex survey design