Regular Antenatal Attendance and Education Influence the Uptake of Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study at the University Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics and IPTp-SP uptake of the study population.

Variable	Frequency (n=280)	Percentage (%)
Age (Years)	29.71± 4.9
15-20	4	1.4
21-25	47	16.8
26-30	114	40.7
31-35	77	27.5
36-40	34	12.1
41-45	4	1.4
Educational Status
No education	20	7.1
Primary	124	44.3
Secondary	77	27.5
Tertiary	59	21.0
Religion
Christian	212	75.7
Muslim	68	24.3
Occupation
Unemployed	38	13.6
Informal	171	61.1
Formal	69	24.6
Marital Status
Single	18	6.4
Married	238	85.0
Cohabiting	24	8.6
Parity
0	62	22.1
1	88	31.4
2	72	25.0
3	30	10.7
≥4	28	10.0
IPTp-SPdoses
0	8	2.9
1	108	38.6
2	75	26.8
3	89	31.8

IPTp-SP; intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine.