Table 2 Socio-economic characteristics of patients
Characteristics | FAS (N = 1001) | Confirmed malaria (n = 735) | Confirmed malaria (n = 735) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Uncomplicated malaria (n = 598) | Severe malaria (n = 137) | |||
Questionnaire completed | 1000 | 735 | 598 | 137 |
Status of residence, n (%) |  |  |  |  |
 Urban | 306 (30.6) | 221 (30.1) | 172 (28.8) | 49 (35.8) |
 Suburb | 245 (24.5) | 193 (26.3) | 184 (30.8) | 9 (6.6) |
 Rural | 449 (44.9) | 321 (43.7) | 242 (40.5) | 79 (57.7) |
Education level, n (%) |  |  |  |  |
 None | 80 (8.0) | 40 (5.4) | 20 (3.3) | 20 (14.6) |
 Primary | 359 (35.9) | 258 (35.1) | 191 (31.9) | 67 (48.9) |
 Secondary | 385 (38.5) | 302 (41.1) | 272 (45.5) | 30 (21.9) |
 Higher | 175 (17.5) | 135 (18.4) | 115 (19.2) | 20 (14.6) |
 Missing | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Employment status, n (%) |  |  |  |  |
 Employed full time | 139 (13.9) | 105 (14.3) | 90 (15.1) | 15 (10.9) |
 Employed part time | 73 (7.3) | 60 (8.2) | 47 (7.9) | 13 (9.5) |
 Unemployed looking for work | 85 (8.5) | 71 (9.7) | 70 (11.7) | 1 (0.7) |
 Unemployed not looking for work | 120 (12.0) | 93 (12.7) | 91 (15.2) | 2 (1.5) |
 Self-employed | 460 (46.0) | 337 (45.9) | 234 (39.1) | 103 (75.2) |
 Retired | 12 (1.2) | 9 (1.2) | 9 (1.5) | 0 |
 Homemaker | 83 (8.3) | 51 (6.9) | 48 (8.0) | 3 (2.2) |
 Unable to work | 26 (2.6) | 9 (1.2) | 9 (1.5) | 0 |
 Missing | 2 (0.2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Income category, n (%) |  |  |  |  |
 ≤ poverty line | 707 (70.7) | 523 (71.2) | 418 (69.9) | 105 (76.6) |
 > 1 to < 2 poverty line | 178 (17.8) | 118 (16.1) | 99 (16.6) | 19 (13.9) |
 ≥ 2 poverty line | 114 (11.4) | 94 (12.8) | 81 (13.5) | 13 (9.5) |
 Missing | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |