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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of all recently pregnant survey respondents

From: A cluster randomized trial of delivery of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy at the community level in Malawi

Variable

Baseline

Endline

Control

Intervention

p-value

Control

Intervention

p-value

N = 188

 N = 182

 N = 344

 N = 343

District

  

0.84

  

0.38

 Nkhata Bay, n (%)

90 (47.9)

89 (48.9)

 

183 (53.2)

171 (49.9)

 

 Ntcheu, n (%)

98 (52.1)

93 (51.1)

 

161 (46.8)

172 (50.2)

 

Age, in years

      

Median (range)

23 (16, 44)

24 (16, 43)

0.70

24 (16, 41)

25 (16, 45)

0.14

 < 20, n (%)

35 (18.6)

36 (19.8)

 

58 (16.9)

68 (19.8)

 

 20–24, n (%)

71 (37.8)

64 (35.2)

 

130 (37.8)

102 (29.7)

 

 25–29, n (%)

38 (20.2)

39 (21.4)

 

81 (23.6)

94 (27.4)

 

 30–34, n (%)

28 (14.9)

19 (10.4)

 

53 (15.4)

37 (10.8)

 

 ≥ 35, n (%)

16 (8.5)

24 (13.2)

 

22 (6.4)

42 (12.2)

 

Education

  

0.03

  

0.43

 None, n (%)

7 (3.7)

0 (0.0)

 

8 (2.3)

8 (2.3)

 

 Primary, n (%)

135 (71.8)

131 (72.0)

 

243 (70.6)

257 (74.9)

 

 Secondary or higher, n (%)

46 (24.5)

51 (28.0)

 

93 (27.0)

78 (22.7)

 

Gravidity*

  

0.39

  

0.02

 1, n (%)

67 (35.8)

60 (33.0)

 

121 (35.2)

121 (35.3)

 

 2, n (%)

43 (23.0)

48 (26.4)

 

89 (25.9)

72 (21.0)

 

 3, n (%)

33 (17.7)

29 (15.9)

 

51 (14.8)

60 (17.5)

 

 4, n (%)

25 (13.4)

17 (9.3)

 

41 (11.9)

24 (7.0)

 

 5+, n (%)

19 (10.2)

28 (15.4)

 

42 (12.2)

66 (19.2)

 

Gestation week for ANC1 visit, mean (SD)

20.2 (6.4)

20.9 (5.0)

0.32

20.3 (5.9)

20.4 (6.5)

0.88

Married, n (%)

159 (84.6)

154 (84.6)

0.99

293 (85.2)

286 (83.4)

0.52

Work outside the home, n (%)

81 (43.1)

64 (35.2)

0.12

138 (40.1)

107 (31.2)

0.01

  1. * One woman was missing data on gravidity
  2. Statistically significant p-values are bolded