Table 1. Description of outlets sampled using the overt sampling approach.
| Outlets with ≥1 staff member with: | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outlet types | Outlets enumerated | Outlets with ≥1 ACA in stock | Number of Staff surveyed | Median number of staff per outlet (IQR) | secondary school qualification | health related qualification | malaria training (past 12 months) | Mean number of ACA samples per outlet |
| Pharmacies | 83 | 54 (65.1%) | 53 (98.1%) | 3 (2,6) | 51 (94.4%) | 31 (57.4%) | 33 (61.1%) | 10.2 |
| PMVs | 163 | 65 (39.9%) | 63 (96.9%) | 2 (1,2) | 60 (92.3%) | 25 (38.5%) | 33 (50.8%) | 5.7 |
| χ2 p-value | - | 0.28 | 0.73 | - | 0.54 | 0.14 | 0.40 | - |
| Total | 246 | 119 (48.4%) | 116 (97.5%) | 2 (1,3) | 111 (93.3%) | 56 (47.1%) | 66 (55.5%) | - |
ACA = artemisinin-containing antimalarial; IQR = interquartile range; PMVs = patent medicine vendors.