From: Mobile phone short message service (SMS) as a malaria control tool: a quasi-experimental study
Variable | Total n (%) | Intervention | Control | χ2 (p-value) |
---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | |||
Child characteristics: | ||||
 Age (years) |  |  |  | 0.717 |
  ≤ 1 | 60 (18.1) | 33 (19.9) | 27 (16.3) |  |
  2 | 64 (19.3) | 29 (17.5) | 35 (21.1) |  |
  3 | 135 (40.7) | 69 (41.6) | 66 (39.8) |  |
  4 | 48 (14.5) | 23 (13.9) | 25 (15.1) |  |
  Total | 332 (100.0) | 166 (100.0) | 166 (100.0) |  |
  Mean age (SD) | 2.7 (1.1) | 2.7 (1.1) | 2.8 (1.1) |  |
 Sex |  |  |  | <0.001 |
  Male | 173 (52.1) | 70 (42.2) | 103 (62.0) |  |
  Female | 159 (47.9) | 96 (57.8) | 63 (38.0) |  |
  Total | 332 (100.0) | 166 (100.0) | 166 (100.0) |  |
Caregiver characteristics: | ||||
 Age (years) |  |  |  | 0.149 |
  <20 | 27 (8.1) | 9 (5.4) | 18 (10.8) |  |
  21 – 30 | 152 (45.8) | 79 (47.6) | 73 (44.0) |  |
  31 – 40 | 112 (33.7) | 61 (36.8) | 51 (30.7) |  |
  41+ | 41 (12.4) | 17 (10.2) | 24 (14.5) |  |
  Total | 332 (100.0) | 166 (100.0) | 166 (100.0) |  |
  Mean age (SD) | 31.4 (9.2) | 31.2 (7.9) | 31.6 (10.2) |  |
 Marital status |  |  |  | <0.001 |
  Divorced | 17 (5.2) | 5 (3.1) | 12 (7.2) |  |
  Separated | 36 (10.8) | 26 (15.6) | 10 (6.0) |  |
  Married | 181 (54.5) | 99 (59.6) | 82 (59.6) |  |
  Never married | 51 (30.7) | 21 (12.7) | 51 (30.7) |  |
  Cohabitation | 26 (7.8) | 15 (9.0) | 11 (6.3) |  |
  Total | 332 (100.0) | 166 (100.0) | 166 (100.0) |  |
 Religion |  |  |  | 0.817 |
  Christian | 308 (93.0) | 155 (93.4) | 153 (92.6) |  |
  Muslim | 23 (7.0) | 11 (6.6) | 12 (7.3) |  |
  Total | 332 (100.0) | 166 (100.0) | 166 (100.0) |  |
 Education level†|  |  |  | 0.668 |
  No formal education | 26 (7.8) | 11 (6.6) | 15 (9.0) |  |
  Primary | 54 (16.3) | 31 (18.7) | 23 (1.9) |  |
  Middle/ JHS | 203 (61.1) | 100 (60.2) | 103 (62.1) |  |
  Secondary | 41 (12.4) | 21 (12.7) | 20 (12.1) |  |
  Tertiary | 8 (2.4) | 3 (1.8) | 5 (3.0) |  |
  Total | 332 (100.0) | 166 (100.0) | 166 (100.0) |  |
 Household Wealth Index |  |  |  | 0.006 |
  Quintile 1(lowest) | 72 (21.7) | 46 (27.7) | 26 (15.7) |  |
  Quintile 2 | 74 (22.3) | 39 (23.5) | 35 (21.1) |  |
  Quintile 3 | 63 (19.0) | 35 (21.1) | 28 (16.9) |  |
  Quintile 4 | 60 (18.1) | 21 (12.7) | 39 (23.5) |  |
  Quintile 5 | 63 (19.0) | 25 (15.1) | 38 (22.9) |  |
  Total | 332 (100.0) | 166 (100.0) | 166 (100.0) |  |