Table 1 Characteristics of participants with clinically diagnosed malaria.
From: Household cost of malaria overdiagnosis in rural Mozambique
Description | Private | Government | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Child | Adult | Child | Adult | |||
Sex | Male (%) | 25 (41) | 10 (29) | 69 (48 | 25 (34 | P1 = 0.711 |
Female (%) | 36 (59) | 25 (71) | 74 (52) | 48 (66) | P2 = 0.424 | |
TOTAL | 61 | 35 | 143 | 73 | ||
Age (years) | Mean | 3.03 | 33.57 | 2.6 | 30.15 | P1 = 0.095 |
Range | 0.5–13 | 18–60 | 0.2–14 | 16–61 | P2 = 0.027 | |
Occupation | Unemployed (%) | 3 (9) | ||||
Subsistence farmer (%) | 11 (31) | 4 (5) | ||||
Small trader (%) | 4 (11) | 21 (29) | ||||
State employee (%) | 5 (14) | 5 (7) | ||||
Professional (%) | N/A | 3 (9) | N/A | 10 (14) | ||
Student (%) | 4 (11) | 2 (3) | ||||
Housewife (%) | 4 (11) | 10 (14) | ||||
Retired (%) | 0 | 10 (14) | ||||
Other (%) | 0 | 1 (1) 5(7) | ||||
Declined answer (%) | 1 (3) | 5(7) | ||||
Malaria microscopy | Positive (%) | 83 (78) | 43 (68) | 197 (76) | 74 (70) | P1 = 0.968 |
Negative (5) | 24 (22) | 20 (32) | 62 (24) | 32 (30) | P2 = 0.862 | |
TOTAL | 107 | 63 | 259 | 106 | ||
Median household monthly expenditure US$* | 36.96 | 41.3 | 39.13 | 39.13 | P1 = 0.738 | |
P2 = 0.458 | ||||||