Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population, stratified by the occurrence of fever during pregnancy and fever of children during the last 3 months (Total n = 377 in 62 villages)
Characteristics | Overall (n = 377) | Fever in pregnancy (n = 99) | p-value | Child had fever (n = 66) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
Age | ||||||||
< 20 | 80 | 21.2 | 26 | 26.3 | 0.165 | 16 | 24.2 | 0.622 |
20–29 | 192 | 50.9 | 50 | 50.5 | 32 | 48.5 | ||
30–39 | 89 | 23.6 | 22 | 22.2 | 17 | 25.8 | ||
40+ | 16 | 4.2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.5 | ||
Education | ||||||||
None | 251 | 66.6 | 65 | 65.7 | 0.795 | 45 | 68.2 | 0.975 |
Primary | 98 | 26.0 | 28 | 28.3 | 17 | 25.8 | ||
Secondary/above | 28 | 7.4 | 6 | 6.1 | 4 | 6.1 | ||
Literacy | ||||||||
Cannot read at all | 257 | 68.2 | 69 | 69.7 | 0.237 | 48 | 72.7 | 0.661 |
Able to read only part | 100 | 26.5 | 28 | 28.3 | 16 | 24.2 | ||
Able to read whole | 20 | 5.3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 3.0 | ||
Husband’s education | ||||||||
None | 170 | 45.1 | 42 | 42.4 | 0.753 | 32 | 48.5 | 0.333 |
Primary | 137 | 36.3 | 39 | 39.4 | 26 | 39.4 | ||
Secondary and above | 70 | 18.6 | 18 | 18.2 | 8 | 12.1 | ||
Stay overnight at farm hut | 188 | 49.9 | 62 | 62.6 | 0.003 | 48 | 72.7 | < 0.001 |
Wealth quartiles | ||||||||
Low | 95 | 25.2 | 27 | 27.3 | 0.862 | 19 | 28.8 | 0.721 |
Lower middle | 94 | 24.9 | 24 | 24.2 | 17 | 25.8 | ||
Upper middle | 94 | 24.9 | 26 | 26.3 | 13 | 19.7 | ||
High | 94 | 24.9 | 22 | 22.2 | 17 | 25.8 | ||
Ethnicity | ||||||||
Khmer | 42 | 11.1 | 8 | 8.1 | 0.053 | 3 | 4.5 | 0.355 |
Thompoun | 88 | 23.3 | 28 | 28.3 | 19 | 28.8 | ||
Charay | 76 | 20.2 | 14 | 14.1 | 14 | 21.2 | ||
Kreung | 58 | 15.4 | 22 | 22.2 | 10 | 15.2 | ||
Other | 113 | 30.0 | 27 | 27.3 | 20 | 30.3 | ||
Number of children | ||||||||
1 | 140 | 37.1 | 42 | 42.4 | 0.365 | 25 | 37.9 | 0.796 |
2 | 112 | 29.7 | 23 | 23.2 | 17 | 25.8 | ||
3–4 | 99 | 26.3 | 26 | 26.3 | 18 | 27.3 | ||
5+ | 26 | 6.9 | 8 | 8.1 | 6 | 9.1 | ||
Child age (month) | ||||||||
0–5 | 141 | 37.4 | – | – | N/A | 22 | 33.3 | 0.469 |
6–11 | 96 | 25.5 | – | – | 21 | 31.8 | ||
12–17 | 73 | 19.4 | – | – | 14 | 21.2 | ||
18–23 | 67 | 17.8 | – | – | 9 | 13.6 | ||
Child gender (female) | 181 | 48.0 | – | – | N/A | 36 | 54.5 | 0.242 |
Experience of stillbirth (Yes) | 42 | 11.1 | 12 | 12.1 | 0.718 | 10 | 15.2 | 0.254 |
Experience of child loss (Yes) | 49 | 13.0 | 13 | 13.1 | 0.963 | 13 | 19.7 | 0.075 |
Actual travel distance to health center (km) | ||||||||
< 5.0 | 42 | 11.1 | 8 | 8.1 | 0.663 | 10 | 15.2 | 0.432 |
5.0 - 9.9 | 98 | 26.0 | 26 | 26.3 | 18 | 27.3 | ||
10.0–14.9 | 132 | 35.0 | 38 | 38.4 | 18 | 27.3 | ||
15.0 + | 105 | 27.9 | 27 | 27.3 | 20 | 30.3 | ||
Water treatment (Yes) | 222 | 58.9 | 64 | 64.6 | 0.175 | 39 | 59.1 | 0.970 |
Have toilet (Yes) | 73 | 19.4 | 19 | 19.2 | 0.960 | 15 | 22.7 | 0.446 |
Own livestock (Yes) | 257 | 68.2 | 69 | 69.7 | 0.704 | 43 | 65.2 | 0.562 |