Table 2.
Incidence of malaria and morbidity for respondents and children
| Adu N = 299 |
Ahani N = 298 |
Amaetiti N = 300 |
Enugu-Akwu N = 300 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Respondents | ||||
| No that had malaria in past month: n(%) | 139 (46.5) | 88 (29.5) | 89 (29.7) | 104 (34.7) |
| Number of days sick with malaria | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 6.01 (6.29) | 4.99 (5.81) | 4.73 (3.93) | 6.00 (5.81) |
| Treatment was sought: n (%) | 131(94.24) | 77 (97.5) | 85 (95.51) | 93 (89.42) |
| Days that elapsed before treatment was sought: Mean (SD) | 1.86 (2.31) | 1.47 (2.75) | 1.64 (1.11) | 1.46 (1.37) |
| Children (less than 13 years) | ||||
| No of households with incidence of childhood malaria: n (%) | 104 (34.8) | 36 (12.1) | 38 (12.7) | 53 (17.7) |
| Age of the ill child: Mean (SD) | 7.47 (4.99) | 6.42 (5.18) | 5.32 (3.46) | 6.29 (4.39) |
| No of days malaria lasted: Mean (SD) | 4.68 (2.58) | 3.64 (3.07) | 3.65 (5.52) | 4.36 (3.08) |
| Treatment was sought: n (%) | 98 (94.2) | 34 (94.4) | 34 (89.5) | 53 (100) |
| Days that elapsed before treatment was sought: Mean (SD) | 1.25 (1.26) | 1.11 (0.89) | 1.50 (1.85) | 1.34 (0.98) |
| Cases where someone stopped work to care for a child n(%) |
45 (43.30%) | 31 (86.11%) | 31 (81.58%) | 13 (24.53%) |
| Person that stopped work so as to care for the sick child | ||||
| Adult: n (%) | 32 (30.77) | 17 (47.22) | 9 (23.68) | 12 (22.64) |
| Teenager: n (%) | 2 (1.92) | 5 (13.89) | 5 (13.16) | 0 (0.0) |
| Child: n (%) | 13 (12.5) | 9 (25.0) | 17 (44.74) | 1 (1.89) |
| Days missed work to care for the child: | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 1.56 (2.05) | 1.97 (2.54) | 2.47 (3.16) | 0.57 (1.33) |