A quasi-experimental study to estimate effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Aweil South County in Northern Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan

Table 2 Comparison of participants’ characteristics at baseline between Aweil South and Aweil West counties, June 2022.

Variable		Category	Aweil South (intervention)			Aweil West (control)
Variable		Category	n	%	Weighted %	n	%	Weighted %	p^#
Child	Fever	Yes	289	62.4	58.5	410	84.9	84.0	0.007
	Fever	No	174	37.6	41.5	73	15.1	16.0	0.007
	RDT-confirmed malaria	Yes	218	47.1	48.0	255	52.8	45.7	0.808
	RDT-confirmed malaria	No	245	52.9	52.0	228	47.2	54.3	0.808
	Sex	Male	221	47.7	46.3	229	47.4	47.5	0.733
	Sex	Female	242	52.3	53.8	254	52.6	52.5	0.733
	Age	3–12 months	43	9.3	8.4	70	14.5	8.8	0.703
		1 year	107	23.1	22.0	102	21.1	24.6
		2 years	83	17.9	19.7	92	19.0	22.0
		3 years	129	27.9	27.5	108	22.4	20.6
		4 years	68	14.7	13.4	81	16.8	18.2
		5 years	33	7.1	8.9	30	6.2	5.9
Caregiver	Age	Under 20 years	89	19.2	13.9	62	12.8	8.5	0.118
		20–29 years	150	32.4	30.3	195	40.4	43.7
		30–39 years	158	34.1	40.2	141	29.2	31.9
		40–49 years	47	10.2	10.8	66	13.7	11.8
		50 or more above	19	4.1	4.8	19	3.9	4.2
	Sex	Male	138	29.8	27.7	92	19.0	15.9	0.025
	Sex	Female	325	70.2	72.3	391	81.0	84.1	0.025
	Partnership status	Married/partnered	432	93.3	95.3	424	87.8	91.4	0.155
	Partnership status	Non-partnered	31	6.7	4.7	59	12.2	8.6	0.155
	Literacy	Yes	174	37.6	39.2	211	43.7	43.2	0.680
	Literacy	No	289	62.4	60.8	272	56.3	56.8	0.680
	Education	None	313	67.6	67.3	245	50.7	47.7	0.042
		Informal	82	17.7	18.7	68	14.1	12.4
		Primary or above	68	14.7	14.1	170	35.2	39.9
	Occupation	Non-employed	79	17.1	12.0	57	11.8	15.4	0.252
		Unemployed	13	2.8	1.9	10	2.1	3.6
		Agricultural	352	76.0	82.7	353	73.1	69.3
		Unskilled manual work	4	0.9	0.6	40	8.3	7.1
		Skilled/Service/professional	15	3.2	2.9	23	4.8	4.6
Household	Net ownership	Yes	165	35.6	30.3	339	70.2	72.3	< 0.000
Household	Net ownership	No	298	64.4	69.7	144	29.8	27.7	< 0.000

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