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Table 2 Relationship between ANC characteristics, socio-demographic characteristics and IPTp-SP uptake among recently delivered women, Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, 2019

From: 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

Variables

Frequency

IPTp-SP uptake (%)

χ2

p-value

(n = 496)

<  3 doses

≥ 3 doses

Trimester of pregnancy at first ANC

 First trimester

386

15.54

84.46

16.194

<  0.001

 Second + third trimester

110

32.73

67.27

  

Number of ANC visits

 1-3

33

30.30

69.70

27.77

<  0.001

 4-7

230

27.83

72.17

  

   8

233

9.44

90.56

  

Number of children

 1-2

289

18.69

81.31

3.490

0.175

 3-4

191

18.85

81.15

  

 5-6

16

37.50

62.50

  

Marital Status

 Married

461

18.44

81.56

3.517

0.61

 Single

35

31.43

68.57

  

Educational Level

 Basic + no formal education

198

24.24

75.76

5.372

0.068

 Secondary education

219

16.89

83.11

  

 Tertiary education

79

13.92

86.08

  

Age group

 15-19

17

41.18

58.82

8.356

0.187

 20-24

70

15.71

84.29

  

 25-29

146

17.81

82.19

  

 30-34

151

20.53

79.47

  

 35 and above

112

18.75

81.25

  

Malaria infection during pregnancy

 Had infection

76

44.74

55.26

37.045

< 0.001

 Had no infection

420

14.76

85.24

  

Anaemia at term

 Was anaemic

225

18.67

81.33

0.001

0.974

 Was not anaemic

221

18.10

81.90

  
  1. IPTp-SP Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulphadoxine pyrimethamine, n = number of respondents.