Table 1.
Coverage of deworming medication utilization among married pregnant married in Cameron: evidence from 2018/19 CDHS.
| Variables | Frequency | Unweighted percent | Weighted percent | Deworming | Chi-square, P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No, freq. (perc.) | Yes, freq. (perc.) | |||||
| Maternal educational level | χ 2 = 226.51, P < 0.001 | |||||
| No education | 2,070 | 25.68 | 29.56 | 1,079 (83.84) | 208 (16.16) | |
| Primary school | 2,721 | 33.76 | 31.1 | 1,102 (66.99) | 543 (33.01) | |
| Secondary school | 2,868 | 35.58 | 33.99 | 1,075 (58.90) | 750 (41.10) | |
| Higher | 401 | 4.98 | 5.35 | 153 (59.77) | 103 (40.23) | |
| Husband educational level | χ 2 = 133.17, P < 0.001 | |||||
| No education | 1,876 | 23.28 | 26.17 | 943 (80.32) | 231 (19.68) | |
| Primary school | 2,590 | 32.13 | 31.31 | 1,094 (68.81) | 496 (31.19) | |
| Secondary school | 2,899 | 35.97 | 33.67 | 1,128 (61.20) | 715 (38.80) | |
| Higher | 695 | 8.62 | 8.85 | 244 (60.10) | 162 (39.90) | |
| Women's occupation | χ 2 = 56.04, P < 0.001 | |||||
| Not working | 2,153 | 26.71 | 25.54 | 1,011 (71.05) | 412 (28.95) | |
| Clerical | 116 | 1.44 | 1.42 | 37 (61.67) | 23 (38.33) | |
| Sales | 1,638 | 20.32 | 20.05 | 570 (61.69) | 354 (38.31) | |
| Agricultural self-employed | 2,865 | 35.55 | 36.45 | 1,288 (72.00) | 501 (28.00) | |
| Services | 791 | 9.81 | 9.8 | 279 (59.11) | 193 (40.89) | |
| Skilled manual | 385 | 4.78 | 4.99 | 181 (64.41) | 100 (35.59) | |
| Unskilled manual | 112 | 1.39 | 1.75 | 43 (67.19) | 21 (32.81) | |
| Husband occupation | . | χ 2 = 93.09, P < 0.001 | ||||
| Not working | 347 | 4.31 | 3.73 | 58 (59.18) | 40 (40.82) | |
| Professional/technical/managerial | 318 | 3.95 | 3.77 | 183 (61.41) | 115 (38.59) | |
| Clerical | 147 | 1.82 | 1.64 | 912 (66.09) | 468 (33.91) | |
| Sales | 1,324 | 16.43 | 15.95 | 1,534 (74.90) | 514 (25.10) | |
| Agricultural self employed | 3,229 | 40.06 | 41.1 | 613 (59.28) | 421 (40.72) | |
| Service | 913 | 11.33 | 11.02 | 109 (70.32) | 46 (29.68) | |
| Skilled manual | 1,512 | 18.76 | 19.18 | 58 (59.18) | 40 (40.82) | |
| Unskilled manual | 270 | 3.35 | 3.61 | 183 (61.41) | 115 (38.59) | |
| Economic status | . | χ 2 = 191.06, P < 0.001 | ||||
| Poorest | 1,415 | 17.56 | 21.25 | 831 (83.69) | 162 (16.31) | |
| Poorer | 1,732 | 21.49 | 20.53 | 810 (70.74) | 335 (29.26) | |
| Middle | 1,893 | 23.49 | 19.91 | 747 (66.11) | 383 (33.89) | |
| Richer | 1,593 | 19.76 | 19.23 | 577 (59.36) | 395 (40.64) | |
| Richest | 1,427 | 17.70 | 19.08 | 444 (57.44) | 329 (42.56) | |
| Religion | χ 2 = 86.69, P < 0.001 | |||||
| Catholic | 2,805 | 34.80 | 34.85 | 1,084 (63.88) | 613 (36.12) | |
| Protestant | 2,138 | 26.53 | 23.89 | 820 (63.13) | 479 (36.87) | |
| Other Christians | 579 | 7.18 | 6.38 | 254 (66.32) | 129 (33.68) | |
| Muslim | 2,227 | 27.63 | 30.26 | 1,101 (75.77) | 352 (24.23) | |
| Other | 311 | 3.86 | 4.62 | 150 (82.87) | 31 (17.13) | |
| Media exposure | χ 2 = 154.28, P < 0.001 | |||||
| No | 3,374 | 41.86 | 44.16 | 1,681 (77.36) | 492 (22.64) | |
| Yes | 4,686 | 58.14 | 55.84 | 1,728 (60.85) | 1,112 (39.15) | |
| Decision-making | χ 2 = 44.11, P < 0.001 | |||||
| No | 3,961 | 49.14 | 52.31 | 1,938 (72.07) | 751 (27.93) | |
| Yes | 4,099 | 50.86 | 47.69 | 1,471 (63.30) | 853 (36.70) | |
| Sex of HH head | χ 2 = 12.45, P < 0.001 | |||||
| Male | 6,925 | 85.92 | 86.79 | 2,995 (68.91) | 1,351 (31.09) | |
| Female | 1,135 | 14.08 | 13.21 | 414 (62.07) | 253 (37.93) | |
| Skilled ANC | χ 2 = 326.97, P < 0.001 | |||||
| No | 695 | 13.86 | 14.02 | |||
| Yes | 4,318 | 86.14 | 85.98 | |||
| Distance to HF | χ 2 = 56.49, P < 0.001 | |||||
| Big problem | 3,211 | 43.03 | 42.41 | 1,622 (73.59) | 582 (26.41) | |
| Not a big problem | 4,252 | 56.97 | 57.59 | 1,787 (63.62) | 1,022 (36.38) | |
| Place of residence | χ 2 = 54.46, P < 0.001 | |||||
| Urban | 3,774 | 46.82 | 47.46 | 1,394 (62.57) | 834 (37.43) | |
| Rural | 4,286 | 53.18 | 52.54 | 2,015 (72.35) | 770 (27.65) | |
| Region | χ 2 = 351.94, P < 0.001 | |||||
| Adamawa | 690 | 8.56 | 5.29 | 330 (76.74) | 100 (23.26) | |
| Centre (without Yaoun) | 826 | 10.25 | 9.53 | 338 (64.88) | 183 (35.12) | |
| Douala | 555 | 6.89 | 10.11 | 176 (59.26) | 121 (40.74) | |
| East | 718 | 8.91 | 6.26 | 301 (63.91) | 170 (36.09) | |
| Far-North | 1,051 | 13.04 | 18.26 | 555 (75.20) | 183 (24.80) | |
| Littoral (without Dou) | 495 | 6.14 | 3.45 | 191 (67.97) | 90 (32.03) | |
| North | 1,017 | 12.62 | 15.64 | 621 (90.92) | 62 (9.08) | |
| North-West | 383 | 4.75 | 5.75 | 132 (53.23) | 116 (46.77) | |
| West | 788 | 9.78 | 10.68 | 310 (63.66) | 177 (36.34) | |
| South | 778 | 9.65 | 4.69 | 196 (45.90) | 231 (54.10) | |
| South-West | 164 | 2.03 | 1.58 | 49 (55.68) | 39 (44.32) | |
| Yaounde | 595 | 7.38 | 8.76 | 210 (61.40) | 132 (38.60) | |
| Community literacy level | . | χ 2 = 197.26, P < 0.001 | ||||
| Low | 3,296 | 40.89 | 44.74 | 1,724 (78.12) | 483 (21.88) | |
| Medium | 2,532 | 31.41 | 27.2 | 944 (62.89) | 557 (37.11) | |
| High | 2,232 | 27.69 | 28.06 | 741 (56.78) | 564 (43.22) | |
| Community socioeconomic level | χ 2 = 113.05, P < 0.001 | |||||
| Low | 3,973 | 49.29 | 50.03 | 1,942 (74.58) | 662 (25.42) | |
| Moderate | 1,766 | 21.91 | 19.01 | 686 (63.34) | 397 (36.66) | |
| High | 2,321 | 28.80 | 30.96 | 781 (58.90) | 545 (41.10) | |