Table 1.
Characteristics of respondents who purchased anti-malarial for their children
| Characteristics of population sampled in the study districts | |||
| Asante-Akim North Frequency (%) |
Asante-Akim South Frequency (%) |
p-value | |
| N = 706 | N = 659 | ||
| Age of Study Participant | |||
| 18–25 | 163 (23.1) | 218 (33.1) | <0.001 |
| 26–35 | 360 (51.0) | 299 (45.4) | |
| 36–45 | 126 (17.8) | 91 (13.8) | |
| Above 45 | 57 (8.1) | 51 (7.7) | |
| Gender of parent/caretaker | |||
| Male | 92 (13.0) | 136 (20.6) | <0.001 |
| Female | 614 (87.0) | 523 (79.4) | |
| Education | |||
| Primary | 230 (32.5) | 291 (44.2) | <0.001 |
| Secondary | 377 (53.4) | 279 (42.4) | |
| Tertiary | 48 (6.8) | 40 (6.1) | |
| None | 51 (7.3) | 49 (7.4) | |
| Characteristics and symptoms of children whose parents/guardians purchased anti-malarials | |||
| Asante-Akim North | Asante-Akim South | p-value | |
| Age of child | N = 590 | N = 496 | |
| Under 5 years | 561 (95.1) | 425 (85.7) | <0.001 |
| 5 and Above | 29 (4.9) | 71 (14.3) | |
| Sex of the child | N = 610 | N = 505 | |
| Male | 316 (51.8) | 215 (42.6) | <0.01 |
| Female | 294 (48.2) | 290 (57.4) | |
| Sick within past 2 weeks | N = 572 | N = 461 | |
| Yes | 242 (42.3) | 214 (46.4) | 0.186 |
| No | 330 (57.7) | 247 (53.6) | |
| Fever within past 2 weeks | N = 572 | N = 454 | |
| Yes | 240 (42.0) | 226 (49.8) | <0.01 |
| No | 332 (58.0) | 228 (50.2) | |