Table 1.

Malarial infection in relation to education, occupation, gravidity and pregnancy period of pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria.

Variables	Pregnant women	Malaria infection (%)	P
Education
Illiterate	15	13 (86.7)	0.100
Primary	22	14 (63.7)
Secondary	61	50 (81.9)
Tertiary	65	34 (52.3)
Occupation
No occupation	25	20 (80.0)	0.270
Civil/public service	69	48 (69.5)
Business/Trading	54	30 (55.5)
Farming	15	13 (86.7)
Gravidity
Primigravidae	67	48 (71.6)	0.007
Secundigravidae	37	29 (78.9)
Multigravidae	59	34 (57.6)
Pregnancy period
First trimester	45	34 (75.5)	0.108
Second trimester	31	24 (77.4)
Third trimester	87	53 (60.9)