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Table 2 General characteristics of reported SP use among post-delivery women

From: Predictors of optimal uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and outcome of pregnancy in selected health facilities: a cross-sectional study in Northern Ghana

Characteristics

IPTp-SP Uptake  

N 1146

Test statistic χ2 (Pearson chi2)

P-value

P-trend

No SP use

< 3 

≥ 3

232(20.2)

428(37.4)

486(42.4)

Place of ANC attendance

    

89.3369

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Teaching hospital

41(14.3)

96(33.3)

151(52.4)

288

   

 Regional hospital

63(18.5)

90(26.4)

188(55.1)

341

   

 District hospital

128(24.8)

242(46.8)

147(28.4)

517

   

Age (years)

    

5.1113

0.530

0.472

  < 24

82(20.9)

152(38.8)

158(40.3)

392

   

 25–29

78(21.0)

126(33.9)

168(45.1)

372

   

 30–34

49(20.4)

89(37.1)

102(42.5)

240

   

 35 + 

23(16.2)

61(43.0)

58(40.8)

142

   

Residence

    

28.7018

 < 0.001

0.001

 Urban

140(18.2)

270(35.1)

359(46.7)

769

   

 Peri-urban

45(20.3)

87(39.4)

89(40.3)

221

   

 Rural

47(30.1)

71(45.5)

38(24.4)

156

   

Marital status

    

2.5934

0.273

0.145

 No

20(23.5)

36(42.4)

29(34.1)

85

   

 Yes

212(20.0)

392(36.9)

457(43.1)

1061

   

Educational level

    

24.0770

0.001

0.004

 No school

121(21.7)

217(38.8)

221(39.5)

559

   

 Primary

59(23.9)

97(39.3)

91(36.8)

247

   

 Secondary

20(11.3)

70(39.5)

87(49.2)

177

   

 College/tertiary

32(19.6)

44(27.0)

87(53.4)

163

   

Occupation

    

33.7751

 < 0.001

0.187

 Farmer

8(19.5)

23(56.1)

10(24.4)

41

   

 Artisan

39(17.6)

91(41.0)

92(41.4)

222

   

 Salaried worker

27(18.2)

39(26.4)

82(55.4)

148

   

 Trading

108(21.5)

173(34.5)

221(44.0)

502

   

 Unemployed

40(24.2)

76(46.1)

49(29.7)

165

   

 Others

10(14.7)

26(38.2)

32(47.1)

68

   

Religion

    

7.1614

0.028

0.023

 Muslim

218(21.4)

377(36.9)

426(41.7)

1021

   

 Christian

14(11.2)

51(40.8)

60(48.0)

125

   

Ethnicity

    

0.2427

0.886

0.663

 Dagomba

180(20.4)

332(37.6)

371(42.0)

883

   

 Others

52(19.8)

96(36.5)

115(43.7)

263

   
  1. ANC antenatal care; MiP malaria in pregnancy; Hb haemoglobin