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. 2015 Jun 12;15:231. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-0895-z

Table 1.

Sample characteristics

Customer characteristics (N=2359) Number Percent
Symptoms reported Fever 539 0.229
Diarrhea 199 0.084
Headache 719 0.305
Cough/cold 427 0.181
Male 1228 0.523
Age 13-18 372 0.158
19-25 592 0.251
26-40 901 0.382
41+ 494 0.209
Educational attainment Primary 762 0.323
Secondary 1101 0.467
Higher 496 0.210
Tribe Ebira 240 0.103
Fulani 205 0.088
Igala 589 0.252
Yoruba 910 0.390
Other 390 0.167
Wealth quintile Poorest 487 0.207
Second 457 0.195
Third 468 0.199
Fourth 468 0.199
Richest 468 0.199
Lives in the community 1993 0.845
Has a clinic near home 1402 0.631
Sick person’s age <5 293 0.124
5-17 306 0.130
18+ 1760 0.746
Sick child (<18) is male 272 0.115
Sick child (<18) is present at PPMV 198 0.084
PPMV characteristics (N=250)
Agea 32.9 (11.5)
Male 145 0.587
Has formal trainingb 49 0.198
Offers tests/exams 141 0.564
Location Urban 70 0.280
Peri-urban 85 0.340
Rural 95 0.380
State Kogi 124 0.496
Kwara 126 0.504

The denominator for each characteristic excludes missing or unknown values

aValues shown as mean (standard deviation)

bSelf-reported pharmacist, nurse, midwife, doctor or community health extension worker