Uptake of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine in Malawi after adoption of updated World Health Organization policy: an analysis of demographic and health survey 2015–2016

Table 5 Estimates of Adjusted Odds ratios for the uptake of three or more doses of IPTp-SP

Characteristics	N^† = 1069 n^‡	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95%CI)	P-value
Education^a
No formal education	125	1
Primary	699	0.85 (0.52–1.39)	0.514
Secondary or higher	245	0.95 (0.51–1.75)	0.860
Age group^a
15–19	168	1
20–24	356	1.37 (0.81–2.34)	0.241
25–29	237	1.67 (0.81–3.45)	0.166
30–34	156	1.17 (0.51–2.69)	0.708
35–39	108	0.97 (0.39–2.44)	0.956
40+	44	0.99 (0.35–2.87)	0.993
Occupation^a
Unemployed	392	1
Self-employed	578	0.94 (0.66–1.33)	0.730
Employed	99	1.07 (0.60–1.93)	0.813
Wealth^a
Poorest	234	1
Poorer	238	0.76 (0.47–1.22)	0.260
Middle	207	0.73 (0.46–1.18)	0.197
Richer	199	1.06 (0.64–1.73)	0.829
Richest	190	0.92 (0.51–1.67)	0.784
Parity^a
One child	277	1
Two children	244	0.99 (0.57–1.77)	0.998
Three children	161	1.07 (0.55–2.06)	0.842
Four children	132	0.85 (0.36–1.99)	0.711
Five or more children	254	0.73 (0.32–1.66)	0.452
Timing of 1st ANC visit*
2nd trimester	753	1
1st trimester	222	0.85 (0.56–1.29)	0.453
3rd trimester	94	0.60 (0.29–1.23)	0.164
Number of ANC visits*
4+	500	1
3	413	0.71 (0.49–1.02)	0.060
1–2	156	0.12 (0.06–0.21)	<0.001

^aInitial multiple logistic regression; ^†weighted total frequency, ^‡weighted frequency for each categorical variable, *second multiple logistic regression

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