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Table 1 Characteristics of respondents in 2006 household survey

From: Community perceptions of malaria and malaria treatment behaviour in a rural district of Ghana: implications for artemisinin combination therapy

 

Household Heads

Household members

Care-giver

 

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

 

N = 362

N = 367

N = 38

N = 43

N = 121

N = 161

Sex (%)

      

% Female

45.0

29.2

76.3

72.1

100.0

100.0

Age groups (%)

      

14 - 18

0.8

0.0

13.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

19 - 24

3.6

0.5

13.2

4.6

18.2

22.4

25 - 34

16.6

13.4

15.7

25.6

45.5

41.0

35 - 49

40.1

40.3

34.2

44.2

32.2

35.4

50 - 59

16.5

25.4

13.2

16.3

4.1

1.2

60 +

22.4

20.4

10.5

9.3

0.0

0.0

Educational characteristics (%)

      

None

43.9

54.0

21.1

41.9

43.8

50.9

Primary

9.1

13.9

18.4

14.0

19.8

16.2

Middle School, JHS

32.9

26.7

47.3

39.5

28.9

32.3

Technical/Commercial/SHS

9.1

4.1

5.3

2.3

6.6

0.6

Post Sec./college/training

3.9

1.3

7.9

2.3

0.0

0.0

University

1.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.9

0.0