Effectiveness of Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine against Submicroscopic falciparum Malaria in Central Region, Ghana

Table 1

Background characteristics of participating women.

Variables	IPIp-SP	No IPTp-SP
	()	()
Mean age ± SD	33.4 ± 4.9	32.1 ± 5.1	0.33
Range	20–46	17–44
Educational level			0.011
None	93 (16.8%)	59 (18.6%)
Primary	100 (18.0%)	39 (12.4%)
Secondary	336 (60.5%)	189 (59.5%)
Tertiary	26 (4.6%)	30 (9.5%)
Occupation			0.001
Unemployed	93 (16.8%)	46 (14.7%)
Unskilled	299 (54.0%)	145 (46.0%)
Para-profession	145 (26.1%)	95 (30.0%)
White collar	10 (1.8%)	9 (2.8%)
Student	8 (1.4%)	22 (6.9%)