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Table 4 Characteristics of participants stratified by actions taken after the onset of fever

From: Assessing health-seeking behaviour and malaria prevention practices among communities in four districts of the Volta Region of Ghana

Characteristics

Health facility

N (%)

Patent medicine store N (%)

Herbal treatment

N (%)

Nothing N (%)

Others N (%)

Total

P

Gender

       

Male

45 [17.7]

113 [44.5]

28 [11.0]

51 [20.1]

17 [6.7]

254 [38]

0.06

Female

111 [26.8]

155 [37.4]

34 [8.2]

89 [21.5]

25 [6.0]

414 [62]

 

Age

       

18–29

39 [25.3]

64 [41.6]

9 [5.8]

37 [24.0]

5 [3.2]

154 [23.1]

 

30–39

35 [19.6]

80 [44.7]

16 [8.9]

35 [19.6]

13 [7.3]

179 [26.8]

 

40–49

28 [19.2]

65 [44.5]

17 [11.7]

24 [16.4]

12 [8.2]

146 [21.9]

 

50–59

24 [24]

30 [30

12 [12

27 [27]

7 [7]

100 [14.9]

0.13

60–69

18 [35.3]

15 [29.4]

6 [11.8]

9 [17.6]

3 [5.9]

51 [7.6]

 

 ≥ 70

12 [31.6]

14 [36.8]

2 [5.3]

8 [21.1]

2 [5.3]

38 [5.7]

 

Districts

       

Ketu South

56 [23.1]

96 [39.7]

26 [10.7]

50 [20.7]

14 [5.8]

242 [36.2]

 

Ho West

35 [24.6]

48 [33.8]

15 [10.7]

34 [23.9]

10 [7.0]

142 [21.3]

0.3

Hohoe

31 [21.9]

66 [46.8]

7 [4.9]

32 [22.8]

5 [3.6]

141 [21.1]

 

Nkwanta South

34 [23.8]

58 [40.6]

14 [9.8]

24 [16.8]

13 [9.1]

143 [21.4]

 

Religion

       

Christianity

137 [24.8]

222 [40.2]

44 [7.9]

120 [21.7]

29 [5.3]

552 [82.6]

 

Islam

5 [19.2]

7 [26.9]

4 [15.4]

6 [23.1]

4 [15.4]

26 [3.9]

0.1

Traditional

14 [15.6]

39 [43.3]

14 [15.6]

14 [15.6]

9 [10]

90 [13.5]

 

Education

       

None

25 [22.5]

51 [45.9]

11 [9.9]

16 [14.4]

8 [7.3]

111 [16.6]

 

Primary

25 [20.5]

48 [39.3]

14 [11.5]

25 [20.5]

10 [8.2]

122 [18.3]

0.4

JHS

61 [21.9]

107 [38.4]

24 [8.6]

71 [25.4]

16 [5.7]

279 [41.8]

 

SHS

34 [28.3

46 [38.3]

11 [9.2]

23 [19.2]

6 [5.0]

120 [17.9]

 

Tertiary

11 [30.6]

16 [44.4]

2 [5.6]

5 [13.9]

2 [5.6]

36 [5.4]

 

Occupation

       

Farming

46 [22.9]

81 [40.3]

18 [8.9]

39 [19.4]

17 [8.5]

201 [30.1]

 

Trading

57 [30.5]

63 [33.7]

27 [14.4]

30 [16.0]

10 [5.3]

187 [27.9]

 

Skilled labour

23 [17.9]

67 [52.3]

7 [5.5]

27 [21.1]

4 [3.1]

128 [19.2]

0.001

Unskilled labour

6 [17.6]

10 [29.4]

6 [17.6]

9 [26.5]

3 [8.8]

34 [5.1]

 

Civil servants

7 [30.4]

11 [47.8]

1 [4.3]

2 [8.7]

2 [8.7]

23 [3.4]

 

Unemployed

14 [17.3]

31 [38.3]

2 [2.5]

30 [37.0]

4 [4.9]

81 [12.1]

 

Others

3 [21.4]

5 [35.7]

1 [7.1]

3 [21.4]

2 [14.4]

14 [2.1]

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