Demand for malaria rapid diagnostic test, health care-seeking behaviour, and drug use among rural community members with fever or malaria-like illness in Ebonyi state, Nigeria: a cross-sectional household survey

Table 1 Socio-demographic/background characteristics of participants^a, overall N = 3639

Children under 5 years of age, N = 1310			Children ages 5 years & above & adults^b, N = 2329
	n	%		n	%
Age group (in months)			Age group (in years)
< 12	140	10.7	5–14	1090	46.8
12–23	200	15.3	15–24	385	16.5
24–35	299	22.8	25–34	226	9.7
36–47	313	23.9	35–44	208	8.9
48–59	358	27.3	45–54	160	6.9
			> = 55	260	11.2
Sex			Sex
Male	696	53.1	Male	859	36.9
Female	614	46.9	Female	1470	63.1
Educational level of respondent^c			Educational level of respondent^c
No education	199	15.2	No education	712	30.6
Primary	494	37.7	Primary	830	35.6
Secondary	542	41.4	Secondary	643	27.6
Tertiary	75	5.7	Tertiary	144	6.2
Occupation of respondent^c			Occupation of respondent^c
Farmer	552	42.1	Farmer	1291	55.4
Trader	498	38.0	Trader	677	29.1
Teacher	45	3.4	Teacher	60	2.6
Civil servant	29	2.2	Civil servant	70	3.0
Others*	186	14.2	Others*	231	9.9
Knowledge/opinion^d of respondent^c			Knowledge/opinion^d of respondent^c
Poor	117	8.9	Poor	340	14.6
Fair	695	53.1	Fair	1252	53.8
Good	498	38.0	Good	737	31.6

^aChildren and adults (excluding pregnant women) with reported fever/malaria-like illness in the two weeks preceding a survey. ^bAdults excluding pregnant women. ^cRespondent female heads of households (the mother of the house or female primary care giver). ^dKnowledge and opinion level of survey respondents about malaria and malaria diagnosis (knowledge and opinion score of < 50 was poor knowledge, 50–< 70 was fair, > = 70 was good). * Mainly include hair dressers, tailors, house wives, and students

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