Determinants of uptake of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria with sulfadoxine pyrimethamine in pregnancy: a cross-sectional analytical study in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of Ghana

Table 1 Background characteristics of study mothers, Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, 2019

Characteristics	Frequency (n = 496)	Percentage (%)
Age (yrs)
15-19	17	3.43
20-24	70	14.11
25-29	146	29.44
30-34	151	30.44
35 and above	112	22.58
Marital status
Married	461	92.94
Single	35	7.06
Educational Level
No formal education	1	0.20
Basic	197	39.72
Secondary	219	44.15
Tertiary	79	15.93
Employment status
Government/private sector	138	27.82
Self-employed	285	57.46
Unemployed	73	14.72
Number of children alive
1-2	289	58.27
3-4	191	38.51
5-6	16	3.23
Trimester of pregnancy at first ANC^a
First trimester	370	74.60
Second trimester	123	24.80
Third trimester	3	0.60
Number of ANC visits
1-4	33	6.65
5-7	230	46.37
≥ 8	233	46.98
Use of ITN the previous night (declared)
Used	250	50.40
Did not use	246	49.60

^aFirst trimester = 4 -12 weeks of gestation; Second trimester = 13-24 weeks of gestation; third trimester = ≥25 weeks of gestation

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