Factors Associated with Uptake of Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study in Private Health Facilities in Tema Metropolis, Ghana

Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics of participants and IPTp-SP uptake.

Variables	Frequency	IPTp-SP uptake ()			p-value
	N = 382	0-2 doses	3-4 doses	5-6 doses
Age group					0.855
18-24	73	50.7	48.3	0.0
25-31	179	54.7	43.6	1.7
32-38	107	54.2	44.8	0.9
39-45	23	47.8	52.2	0.0
Marital status					0.383
Single	25	60.0	40.0	0.0
Married	297	53.5	45.8	0.7
Cohabiting	60	50.0	46.7	3.3
Education					0.786
No formal education	60	51.7	48.3	0.0
Basic	198	51.0	47.5	1.5
Secondary	97	58.8	40.2	1.0
Tertiary	26	57.7	42.3	0.0
Occupation					0.727
Government/Private	33	48.5	51.5	0.0
Self employed	275	51.5	45.1	1.5
Unemployed	74	55.4	44.6	0.0
Number of children					0.097
0	41	51.2	46.3	2.4
1-2	243	51.4	48.1	0.4
3-4	87	59.8	39.1	1.1
5-7	11	54.5	36.4	9.1