Table 2. Characteristics of the children with reported malaria and the features of their last malaria episode in Bata District.
| Area | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural | Urban | P-Value | |||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Time since last malaria episode | |||||
| Now | 13 | 7.5 | 5 | 2.0 | |
| Last week | 11 | 6.4 | 11 | 4.3 | |
| Between one and two weeks | 66 | 38.2 | 74 | 29.0 | |
| Two weeks or + | 83 | 48.0 | 165 | 64.7 | 0.001 |
| Sex of child | |||||
| Male | 98 | 56.6 | 124 | 48.6 | |
| Female | 75 | 43.4 | 131 | 51.4 | 0.103 |
| Relationship with household head | |||||
| Son/Daugther | 63 | 36.4 | 134 | 52.5 | |
| Grandchild | 77 | 44.5 | 81 | 31.8 | |
| Nephew | 15 | 8.7 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Great grandchild | 4 | 2.3 | 4 | 1.6 | |
| Brother/Sister | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Missing | 13 | 7.5 | 19 | 7.5 | 0.041 |
| Age group (years) | |||||
| < 1 | 20 | 11.6 | 41 | 16.1 | |
| 1–5 | 106 | 61.3 | 145 | 56.9 | |
| > 5 | 47 | 27.2 | 69 | 27.1 | 0.403 |
| Who took the child outside for treatment? * | |||||
| Father | 6 | 4.4 | 10 | 4.4 | |
| Mother | 102 | 74.5 | 179 | 78.9 | |
| Grandmother | 17 | 12.4 | 25 | 11.0 | |
| Father and mother | 2 | 1.5 | 6 | 2.6 | |
| Other | 8 | 5.8 | 5 | 2.2 | |
| Don´t know | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.503 |
| Treatment timelines * | |||||
| Less than 24 hours | 19 | 13.9 | 50 | 22.0 | |
| 1 day | 30 | 21.9 | 80 | 35.2 | |
| 2 days | 30 | 21.9 | 54 | 23.8 | |
| 3 days | 16 | 11.7 | 23 | 10.1 | |
| 4 days | 9 | 6.6 | 3 | 1.3 | |
| 5 days or more | 13 | 9.5 | 9 | 4.0 | |
| Don´t know | 20 | 14.6 | 8 | 3.5 | <0.001 |
*Information available for children who received treatment outside