Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of participants by IPTp uptake

Characteristic	N (Total = 426)	% of women who took IPTp
		≤2 dosesa	95% CI	3+ dosesb	95% CI
		n (%)		n (%)
Zone
Urban	233	139 (59.7)	53.2–65.8	94 (40.3)	34.2–46.8
Rural	193	160 (82.9)	76.9–87.6	33 (17.1)	12.4–23.1
Education
No formal education/junior primary	194	130 (67.0)	60.0–73.3	64 (33.0)	26.7–39.9
Senior primary	125	97 (77.6)	69.4–84.1	28 (22.4)	15.9–30.
Secondary/tertiary	107	72 (67.3)	57.8–75.6	35 (32.7)	24.4–42.2
Age group
15–24	201	146 (72.6)	66.0–78.4	55 (27.4)	21.6–33.9
25–34	176	114 (64.8)	57.4–71.5	62 (35.2)	28.5–42.6
35+	49	39 (79.6)	65.9–88.7	10 (20.4)	11.3–34.1
Occupation
Unemployed	307	228 (74.3)	69.1–78.9	79 (25.7)	21.1–30.9
Self-employed	104	64 (61.5)	51.8–70.4	40 (38.5)	29.6–48.2
Employed	15	7 (46.7)	23.4–71.5	8 (53.3)	28.5–76.6
Marital status
Married	382	272 (71.2)	66.4–75.5	110 (28.8)	24.5–33.6
Divorced/separated/widowed	19	10 (52.6)	30.5–73.8	9 (47.4)	26.2–69.5
Never married	25	17 (68.0)	47.3–83.4	8 (32.0)	16.6–52.7
Religion
CCAPc/7th dayd/Baptist	112	70 (62.5)	53.1–71.0	42 (37.5)	28.9–46.9
Other Christian	134	102 (76.1)	68.1–82.6	32 (23.9)	17.4–31.9
Catholic/Anglican	93	65 (69.9)	59.8–78.4	28 (30.1)	21.6–40.2
Muslim/other religions	87	62 (71.3)	60.8–79.8	25 (28.7)	20.2–39.2
Tribe
Nyanja	106	85 (80.2)	71.4–86.8	21 (19.8)	13.2–28.6
Chewa	107	69 (64.5)	54.9–73.0	38 (35.5)	26.9–45.1
Lomwe	102	75 (73.5)	64.1–81.2	27 (26.5)	18.8–35.9
Other	111	70 (63.1)	53.7–71.6	41 (36.9)	28.4–46.3

^auptake of two or less doses of IPTp-SP

^buptake of three or more doses of IPTp-SP

^cChurch of Central Africa Presbyterian

^dSeventh Day Adventist