Table 4.

Prevalence of fever, healthcare utilization, and malaria among children in Zambézia Province and across three focus districts

	All Province	Alto Molócuè	Morrumbala	Namacurra	p value*
	(n = 2540)	(n = 781)	(n = 522)	(n = 416)
Fever in the past 30 days					<0.001
Missing, n (%)	39 (2)	24 (3)	4 (1)	1 (<1)
No (%)	56.6	53.6	61.6	50.6
Yes (%)	43.4	46.4	38.4	49.4
Sought advice or treatment for the fever (if fever)	72.5%	78.4%	79.2%	69.6%	0.47
Source of medical care (if sought advice)					<0.001
Missing, n (%)	269 (25)	75 (21)	49 (23)	56 (28)
Family member (%)	2.8	7.6	3.0	0.0
Health facility (%)	91.3	87.1	86.0	93.1
Other (%)	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.1
Pharmacy (%)	0.1	0.8	0.0	2.1
Traditional healer (%)	4.7	2.5	8.0	3.8
Malaria diagnostic performed (if health facility)
Rapid diagnostic test (RDT)					0.003
Missing, n (%)	19 (3)	14 (6)	0 (0)	0 (0)
No (%)	34.5	25.8	32.5	35.0
Yes (%)	65.5	74.2	67.5	65.0
Blood smear					0.025
Missing, n (%)	27 (4)	17 (7)	1 (1)	2 (2)
No (%)	41.4	32.0	35.0	41.1
Yes (%)	58.6	68.0	65.0	58.9
Either RDT or smear					0.003
Missing, n (%)	19 (3)	14 (6)	0 (0)	0 (0)
No (%)	33.4	24.2	28.6	34.4
Yes (%)	66.6	75.8	71.4	65.6
Positive test result for malaria (if test performed)					0.18
Missing, n (%)	4 (1)	1 (1)	0 (0)	2 (2)
No (%)	32.7	33.6	30.4	19.6
Yes (%)	67.3	66.4	69.6	80.4
Estimated prevalence of malaria	12.8%	15.9%	13.6%	16.8%	<0.001

Continuous variables are reported as weighted estimates of median (interquartile range), with each observation being weighted by the inverse of the child sampling probability

Categorical variables are reported as weighted percentages, with each observation being weighted by the inverse of the child sampling probability

* Chi square tests comparing across three focus districts. p values ignore effects of clustering