Reproductive-Age Women’s Knowledge and Care Seeking for Malaria Prevention and Control in Ghana: Analysis of the 2016 Malaria Indicator Survey

Table 4

Sociodemographics and descriptive results of Ghanaian reproductive women, 2016 Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey.

Demographic variable	Frequency	Percentage	Demographic variable	Frequency	Percentage
	N=5150	%		N=5150	%
Age in 5-year groups			Slept under ITNs night prior to survey
15-19	964	18.7	No	2,727	53.0
20-24	844	16.4	Yes	2,423	47.1
25-29	880	17.1	Currently pregnant
30-34	799	15.5	No/unsure	4,799	93.2
35-39	675	13.1	Yes	351	6.8
40-44	569	11.1	Type of mosquito bed net(s) slept under
45-49	419	8.1	No net	2,727	53.0
Wealth index			Treated net	2,384	46.3
Poorest	1,440	28.0	Both treated and untreated nets	1	0.0
Poorer	946	18.4	Only untreated nets	38	0.7
Middle	916	17.8	Type of toilet facility
Richer	936	18.2	Flush toilet	1,030	20.0
Richest	912	17.7	Pit latrine	2,623	50.9
Region			Open defecation	1,371	26.6
Western	451	8.8	Bucket toilet	11	0.2
Central	502	9.8	Not a Dejure	115	2.2
Greater Accra	560	10.9	Age of household head in groups
Volta	553	10.7	Below 20	18	0.4
Eastern	465	9.0	20-29	639	12.4
Ashanti	563	10.9	30-39	1,323	25.7
Brong Ahafo	500	9.7	40-49	1,448	28.1
Northern	591	11.5	50-59	931	18.1
Upper east	528	10.3	60-69	434	8.4
Upper west	437	8.5	70+	318	6.2
Educational level			Don’t know	39	0.8
No education	1,283	24.9	Covered by health insurance
Primary	918	17.8	No	2,057	39.9
Secondary	2,949	57.3	Yes	3,093	60.1
Religion			Aware that malaria is covered under the NHIS
Christianity	3,774	73.3	No	1,049	20.4
Islam	1,147	22.3	Yes	4,101	79.6
Traditional/spiritualist	128	2.5
No religion	101	2.0	Knowledge on causes of Malaria
Place of residence			Poor knowledge	1939	37.7
Urban	2,369	46.0	Good Knowledge	3211	62.3
Rural	2,781	54.0
Parity (living children)			Knowledge on signs and symptoms of Malaria
Nulliparous	1,540	29.9	Poor knowledge	965	18.7
1-2	1,510	29.3	Good Knowledge	4185	81.3
3-4	1,225	23.8
5+	875	17.0
Have mosquito bed net			Knowledge on protection of Malaria
No	883	17.2	Poor knowledge	1822	35.4
Yes	4,267	82.9	Good Knowledge	3328	64.6