Table 2 Socio- demographic characteristics of the study respondents (n = 4111)

From: Predictors for the uptake of optimal doses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy in Tanzania: further analysis of the data of the 2015–2016 Tanzania demographic and health survey and malaria indicator survey

Socio-demographic variable	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Age (years)
15–19	480	11.7
20–24	1124	27.3
25–29	978	23.8
30–34	715	17.4
35–39	518	12.6
40–44	245	6
45–49	51	1.2
Marital status
Never in union	311	7.6
In union	3413	83
No longer in union	387	9.4
Education level
No formal education	795	19.3
Primary	2450	59.6
Secondary +	866	21.1
Place of residence
Urban	991	24.1
Rural	3120	75.9
Wealth index status
Poorest	927	22.5
Poorer	828	20.1
Middle	780	19
Richer	888	21.6
Richest	688	16.7
Occupation
Unemployed	818	19.9
Self-employed	2113	51.4
Employed	1180	28.7
Geographic zone
Western	408	10
Northern	306	7.4
Central	420	10.2
Southern highlands	280	6.8
Southern	151	3.7
South west highlands	457	11.1
Lake	1128	27.4
Eastern	373	9.1
Zanzibar	588	14.3

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