Table 1.
Characteristics of participants with clinically diagnosed malaria.
| Description | Private | Government | P value | |||
| Child | Adult | Child | Adult | |||
| Sex | Male (%) | 25 (41) | 10 (29) | 69 (48 | 25 (34 | P1 = 0.711 |
| Female (%) | 36 (59) | 25 (71) | 74 (52) | 48 (66) | P2 = 0.424 | |
| TOTAL | 61 | 35 | 143 | 73 | ||
| Age (years) | Mean | 3.03 | 33.57 | 2.6 | 30.15 | P1 = 0.095 |
| Range | 0.5–13 | 18–60 | 0.2–14 | 16–61 | P2 = 0.027 | |
| Occupation | Unemployed (%) | 3 (9) | ||||
| Subsistence farmer (%) | 11 (31) | 4 (5) | ||||
| Small trader (%) | 4 (11) | 21 (29) | ||||
| State employee (%) | 5 (14) | 5 (7) | ||||
| Professional (%) | N/A | 3 (9) | N/A | 10 (14) | ||
| Student (%) | 4 (11) | 2 (3) | ||||
| Housewife (%) | 4 (11) | 10 (14) | ||||
| Retired (%) | 0 | 10 (14) | ||||
| Other (%) | 0 | 1 (1) 5(7) | ||||
| Declined answer (%) | 1 (3) | 5(7) | ||||
| Malaria microscopy | Positive (%) | 83 (78) | 43 (68) | 197 (76) | 74 (70) | P1 = 0.968 |
| Negative (5) | 24 (22) | 20 (32) | 62 (24) | 32 (30) | P2 = 0.862 | |
| TOTAL | 107 | 63 | 259 | 106 | ||
| Median household monthly expenditure US$* | 36.96 | 41.3 | 39.13 | 39.13 | P1 = 0.738 | |
| P2 = 0.458 | ||||||
N/A = not applicable. *Sample size for mean monthly expenditure estimate: child private = 35, adult private = 21, child government = 87, adult government = 41. P values generated by chi-square or Mann-Whitney tests comparing adult1 and child2 participants respectively between clinics.