Table 5.

Health service characteristics associated with uptake of IPTp-SP

Health service delivery variables	All N = 372 n (%)	Uptake of IPTp-SP		P-value
		Optimal N = 296 n (%)	Sub-optimal N = 76 n (%)
Water provision at ANC clinic
Never	4 (1.1)	4 (1.4)	0	0.07
Sometimes	3 (0.8)	3 (1.0)	0
Always	352 (94.6)	282 (95.2)	70 (92.1)
Not applicable	13 (3.5)	7 (2.4)	6 (7.9)
Clean water at ANC clinic
Never	1 (0.3)	1 (0.3)	0	0.38
Sometimes	2 (0.5)	2 (0.7)	0
Always	352 (94.6)	282 (95.3)	70 (92.1)
Not applicable	17 (4.6)	11 (3.7)	6 (7.9)
Clean cups at ANC clinic
Never	2 (0.5)	2 (0.7)	0	0.4
Sometimes	7 (1.9)	6 (2.0)	1 (1.3)
Always	346 (93.0)	277 (93.6)	69 (90.8)
Not applicable	17 (4.6)	11 (3.7)	6 (7.9)
Enough cups at ANC clinic
Never	44 (11.8)	37 (12.5)	7 (9.2)	0.46
Sometimes	13 (3.5)	11 (3.7)	2 (2.6)
Always	298 (80.1)	237 (80.1)	61 (80.3)
Not applicable	17 (4.6)	11 (3.7)	6 (7.9)
ANC clinic working hours
Half day	341 (91.7)	274 (92.6)	67 (88.2)	0.23
Full day	31 (8.3)	22 (7.4)	9 (11.8)
SP administration at ANC clinic
Never missed administering	349 (93.8)	283 (95.6)	66 (86.8)	0.01a
Ever missed administering	23 (6.2)	13 (4.4)	10 (13.2)
Maternal service fee
Never paid	363 (97.6)	291 (98.3)	72 (94.7)	0.08
Ever paid	9 (2.4)	5 (1.7)	4 (5.3)
ANC clinic waiting time
≤ 30 min	214 (57.5)	167 (56.4)	47 (61.8)	0.34
> 30 min	158 (42.5)	129 (43.6)	29 (38.2)
Health worker-client relationship
Poor	79 (21.2)	60 (20.3)	19 (25.0)	0.41
Good	293 (78.8)	236 (79.7)	57 (75.0)

^aStatistically significant result at 5% significance level. ANC: Antenatal care; IPTp-SP: Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulphadoxine pyrimethamine