Coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants after four years of implementation in Sierra Leone

Fombah, Augustin E.; Chen, Haily; Owusu-Kyei, Kwabena; Quinto, Llorenç; Gonzalez, Raquel; Williams, Julian; Berne, Mireia LLach; Wassenaar, Myrte; Jalloh, Abubakarr; Sunders, Joe-Henry C.; Ramirez, Maximo; Bertran-Cobo, Cesc; Saute, Francisco; Ekouevi, Didier K.; Briand, Valérie; Kamara, Anitta R. Y.; Sesay, Tom; Samai, Mohamed; Menendez, Clara

doi:10.1186/s12936-023-04575-6

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample

From: Coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants after four years of implementation in Sierra Leone

Enrolled children		n/N	Weighted Percentage or mean ± SD
Child age (in months)			16.68 \(\pm\) 4.41 [720]
Child sex	Female	363/720	50.85%
Child sex	Male	357/720	49.15%
Time the child has been residing in the household (in months)			15.26 \(\pm\) 5.34 [720]
Has the child ever attended EPI services?	Yes	711/720	98.47%
Has the child ever attended EPI services?	No	9/720	1.53%
Has the child ever received IPTi-SP?^a,b	Yes	638/707	88.96%
Has the child ever received IPTi-SP?^a,b	No	69/707	11.04%
Vaccination coverage^b,c (EPI schedule in Sierra Leone)	Fully vaccinated	392/717	53.42%
	Partially vaccinated	314/717	44.69%
	Not vaccinated	11/717	1.88%
Vaccination coverage^b,d (WHO)	Fully vaccinated	474/717	64.03%
	Partially vaccinated	232/717	34.09%
	Not vaccinated	11/717	1.88%
Is the child taking cotrimoxazole?^b	Yes	54/709	7.28%
Is the child taking cotrimoxazole?^b	No	655/709	92.72%
Is the child taking antiretroviral therapy?^b	Yes	18/707	2.48%
Is the child taking antiretroviral therapy?^b	No	689/707	97.52%
Did the child sleep inside a mosquito net the night before the interview?	Yes	558/720	77.31%
	No	162/720	22.69%
Participants’ caretakers		n/N	Weighted Percentage or mean ± SD or median + IQR
Caretaker’s age (in years)^b			29.00(23.00–37.00) [710]
Caretaker’s sex^b	Female	624/717	87.78%
Caretaker’s sex^b	Male	93/717	12.22%
Caretaker’s relationship with the child^b	Mother	556/717	78.11%
	Father	70/717	9.14%
	Other	91/717	12.75%
Caretaker’s main type of income^b	No salary	79/717	11.21%
	Self-employment	611/717	85.17%
	Paid employment	27/717	3.63%
Caretakers with formal employment^b	Formal employment No formal employment	27/717 690/717	3.63% 96.37%
Caretaker’s highest level of education^b	Never attended school	395/718	54.69%
	Primary	78/718	10.75%
	Secondary or higher	245/718	34.56%
Is the caretaker able to read and write?	Illiterate	519/720	71.91%
	Partially literate	105/720	14.16%
	Fully literate	96/720	13.93%
Caretaker’s marital status^b	Single (never married)	82/715	11.52%
	Married or in union	578/715	81.02%
	Separated or divorced	24/715	3.17%
	Widow/er	31/715	4.29%
Caretaker’s religion^f	Christian	210/720	27.62%
	Muslim	508/720	72.10%
	None	2/720	0.28%
Household head		n/N	Weighted Percentage
Sex of the household head^b	Female	392/719	55.00%
Sex of the household head^b	Male	327/719	45.00%
Household head’s relationship with the child	Mother	234/720	32.78%
	Father	269/720	36.55%
	Other	217/720	30.67%
Household head’s main type of income^b	No salary	51/719	7.30%
	Self-employment	614/719	85.36%
	Paid employment	54/719	7.34%

^aSource of information: 74.69% child’s vaccination card or related document; 25.31% reported by caretaker
^bMissing values: Variable has missing values
^cFully vaccinated child: defined as a child who received all vaccines scheduled from birth to 9 months in Sierra Leone’s national EPI schedule. Partially vaccinated child: defined as a child who received at least one, and not all, vaccines scheduled from birth to 9 months in Sierra Leone’s national EPI schedule. Child not vaccinated: defined as a child who has received no vaccine at the time of interview
^dFully vaccinated child: defined by the WHO as a child who received 1 dose of Bacillus de Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine for tuberculosis, 3 doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV), 3 doses of pentavalent vaccines (Penta), and 1 dose of Measles-containing vaccine (MCV) before reaching one year old. Partially vaccinated child: defined as a child who received at least one of the following vaccines but not all before reaching one year old: 1 dose of BCG, 3 doses of OPV, 3 doses of Penta, and 1 dose of MCV. Child not vaccinated: defined as a child who has received no vaccine at the time of interview
^eFormal employment: defined as full time or seasonal paid employment with formal salary. No formal employment: defined as no formal salary, includes self-employment and in-kind as type of incomes
^fTraditional African religion 0.00%, Other religions 0.00%

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