Predictors of caregiver adherence to administration of amodiaquine during delivery of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Togo

Table 1 Sample characteristics for end-of-round surveys in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Chad and Togo (n = 12,730)

Variables and categories	Burkina Faso		Nigeria		Chad		Togo		Total
Variables and categories	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Caregiver gender
Female	2007	93.0	5693	89.2	1697	73.2	1466	78.3	1.863	85.3
Male	150	7.0	689	10.8	621	26.8	407	21.7	1.867	14.7
Total	2157	100.0	6382	100.0	2318	100.0	1873	100.0	12730	100.0
Caregiver age
< 20 years	117	5.4	374	5.9	186	8.0	61	3.3	738	5.8
20–29 years	995	46.1	2649	41.5	910	39.3	722	38.5	5276	41.4
30–39 years	752	34.9	2250	35.3	825	35.6	765	40.8	4592	36.1
40–49 years	198	9.2	816	12.8	303	13.1	226	12.1	1543	12.1
50–59 years	60	2.8	221	3.5	83	3.6	78	4.2	442	3.5
> 60 years	35	1.6	72	1.1	11	0.5	21	1.1	139	1.1
Total	2157	100.0	6382	100.0	2318	100.0	1873	100.0	1.730	100.0
Caregiver level of education
No education	1376	63.8	2102	32.9	1217	52.5	805	43.0	5500	43.2
Informal or religious education	61	2.8	2432	38.1	344	14.8	26	1.4	2863	22.5
Primary school	316	14.6	684	10.7	282	12.2	459	24.5	1741	13.7
Secondary school	379	17.6	882	13.8	353	15.2	515	27.5	2129	16.7
Higher education	25	1.2	282	4.4	122	5.3	68	3.6	497	3.9
Total	2157	100.0	6382	100.0	2318	100.0	1873	100.0	12.730	100.0

Caregiver occupation
Unemployed	645	29.9	2536	39.7	1447	62.4	403	21.5	5031	39.5
Agriculture	1042	48.3	559	8.8	534	23.0	859	45.9	2994	23.5
Unskilled manual work	57	2.6	703	11.0	46	2.0	85	4.5	891	7.0
Sales services and Skilled manual	351	16.3	2409	37.7	237	10.2	474	25.3	3471	27.3
Clerical, technical, professional or managerial	62	2.9	175	2.7	54	2.3	52	2.8	343	2.7
Total	2157	100.0	6382	100.0	2318	100.0	1873	100.0	12730	100.0
Caregiver self-reported literacy
No	1381	64.0	3241	50.8	1280	55.2	816	43.6	6718	52.8
Yes	776	36.0	3141	49.2	1038	44.8	1057	56.4	6012	47.2
Total	2157	100.0	6382	100.0	2318	100.0	1.873	100.0	12730	100.0
Day 2 and 3 AQ administration (cycle 4)
No	26	1.2	352	5.5	138	6.0	49	2.6	565	4.4
Yes	2131	98.8	6030	94.5	2180	94.0	1824	97.4	12165	95.6
Total	2157	100.0	6382	100.0	2318	100.0	1873	100.0	12730	100.0

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