Table 1 Sociodemographic of children and their caregivers by location of residence
URBAN | RURAL | Total | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Child age | 0.076 | ||||||
3-<12 m | 332 | 7.2 | 542 | 7.5 | 874 | 7.4 | |
1-2years | 1763 | 38.2 | 2621 | 36.1 | 4,384 | 36.9 | |
3-4years | 2525 | 54.7 | 4097 | 56.4 | 6,622 | 55.7 | |
Child sex | 0.590 | ||||||
Female | 2293 | 49.6 | 3566 | 49.1 | 5,859 | 49.3 | |
Male | 2327 | 50.4 | 3694 | 50.9 | 6,021 | 50.7 | |
Caregiver gender | < 0.001 | ||||||
Female | 4018 | 87.0 | 6106 | 84.1 | 10,124 | 85.2 | |
Male | 602 | 13.0 | 1154 | 15.9 | 1,756 | 14.8 | |
Caregiver age | < 0.001 | ||||||
Under 20 years | 222 | 4.8 | 411 | 5.7 | 633 | 5.3 | |
20–29 years | 1846 | 40.0 | 3111 | 42.9 | 4,957 | 41.7 | |
30–39 years | 1792 | 38.8 | 2641 | 36.4 | 4,433 | 37.3 | |
40–49 years | 548 | 11.9 | 839 | 11.6 | 1,387 | 11.7 | |
50–59 years | 151 | 3.3 | 184 | 2.5 | 335 | 2.8 | |
60 or more years | 61 | 1.3 | 74 | 1.0 | 135 | 1.1 | |
Caregiver marital status | 0.001 | ||||||
Married/in a partnership | 4284 | 92.7 | 6854 | 94.4 | 11,138 | 93.8 | |
Single/unpartnered | 191 | 4.1 | 237 | 3.3 | 428 | 3.6 | |
Divorced/Widowed | 145 | 3.1 | 169 | 2.3 | 314 | 2.6 | |
Caregiver literacy | < 0.001 | ||||||
No | 1097 | 23.7 | 2500 | 34.4 | 3,597 | 30.3 | |
Yes | 3523 | 76.3 | 4760 | 65.6 | 8,283 | 69.7 | |
Caregiver level of education | < 0.001 | ||||||
None | 788 | 17.1 | 1833 | 25.2 | 2,621 | 22.1 | |
Informal or religious | 845 | 18.3 | 1560 | 21.5 | 2,405 | 20.2 | |
Primary | 654 | 14.2 | 1263 | 17.4 | 1,917 | 16.1 | |
Secondary | 1646 | 35.6 | 2080 | 28.7 | 3,726 | 31.4 | |
Post-secondary | 687 | 14.9 | 524 | 7.2 | 1,211 | 10.2 | |
Caregiver occupation | < 0.001 | ||||||
Unemployed | 1300 | 28.1 | 2142 | 29.5 | 3,442 | 29.0 | |
Agriculture | 674 | 14.6 | 2240 | 30.9 | 2,914 | 24.5 | |
Unskilled manual work | 386 | 8.4 | 403 | 5.6 | 789 | 6.6 | |
Sales services and skilled manual | 1979 | 42.8 | 2250 | 31.0 | 4,229 | 35.6 | |
Clerical, technical, professional or managerial | 281 | 6.1 | 225 | 3.1 | 506 | 4.3 | |
Child use of mosquito net | < 0.001 | ||||||
No | 322 | 10.0 | 284 | 5.6 | 606 | 7.3 | |
Yes | 2885 | 90.0 | 4784 | 94.4 | 7,669 | 92.7 | |
Caregiver-reported fever | 0.990 | ||||||
No | 3270 | 70.8 | 5139 | 70.8 | 8,409 | 70.8 | |
Yes | 1350 | 29.2 | 2121 | 29.2 | 3,471 | 29.2 | |
Malaria testing among febrile children | 0.001 | ||||||
No | 415 | 30.7 | 544 | 25.6 | 959 | 27.6 | |
Yes | 935 | 69.3 | 1577 | 74.4 | 2,512 | 72.4 | |