Table. 1 Baseline characteristics and information about malaria among pregnant women (n = 200)
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
 < 20 years | 17 | 8.5 |
 20–25 | 44 | 22 |
 26 and above | 139 | 69.5 |
Education | ||
 Uneducated | 145 | 72.5 |
 10 year | 42 | 21 |
 12 years and above | 13 | 6.5 |
Number of living children | ||
 1–2 | 27 | 13.5 |
 3–4 | 117 | 58.5 |
 5 and above | 56 | 28 |
Death of a newborn | ||
 Yes | 44 | 22 |
 No | 156 | 78 |
Age at marriage | ||
 18 and below | 154 | 77 |
 19 and above | 46 | 23 |
Type of household | ||
 Mud house | 161 | 80.5 |
 Brick house | 39 | 19.5 |
Number of rooms | ||
 1–2 | 51 | 25.5 |
 3–4 | 149 | 74.5 |
Owns a mobile phone | ||
 Yes | 75 | 37.5 |
 No | 125 | 62.5 |
Source of drinking water | ||
 A well outside home | 120 | 60 |
 A well inside home | 49 | 24.5 |
 Handpump | 31 | 15.5 |
Type of latrine | ||
 Open | 76 | 38 |
 Pit Latrine | 123 | 61.5 |
 Flush | 1 | 0.5 |
Mode of sewage drainage in house | ||
 Open sewers | 97 | 48.5 |
 Underground sewers | 27 | 13.5 |
 In open pond | 49 | 24.5 |
 No sewerage system | 27 | 13.5 |
Income (PKR) | ||
 5000–10,000 | 183 | 91.5 |
 11,000–20,000 | 17 | 8.5 |
Antenatal checkup | ||
 Yes | 184 | 92 |
 No | 16 | 8 |
No. of antenatal visits | ||
 1 | 15 | 7.5 |
 2 | 95 | 47.5 |
 3 | 38 | 19 |
 4 | 36 | 18 |
 Did not answer | 16 | 8 |
ANC counseling on malaria | ||
 Yes | 59 | 29.5 |
 No | 141 | 70.5 |
Malaria during any previous pregnancy | ||
 Yes | 42 | 21 |
 No | 158 | 79 |
Malaria during the current pregnancy | ||
 Yes | 3 | 1.5 |
 No | 197 | 98.5 |