Pregnant Women and Malaria Preventive Measures: A Case of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Table 5

Chi-square analysis for factors associated with pregnant women practice level on malaria prevention.

		Malaria preventive practice level				Test statistic
		Unfavourable		Favourable
Age group	18–25 years	23	56.1%	18	43.9%	X^2 = 6.276
	26–35 years	68	37.6%	113	62.4%
	36–55 years	14	53.8%	12	46.2%
Religion	Islam	81	47.1%	91	52.9%	X^2 = 6.904
	Christianity	23	31.1%	51	68.9%
	Traditional	0	0.0%	2	100.0%
Marital status	Married	99	41.6%	139	58.4%	X^2 = 0.723
	Single	6	54.5%	5	45.5%
Level of education	None	24	85.7%	4	14.3%
	Primary	37	51.4%	35	48.6%	X^2 = 41.482
	Secondary	29	42.6%	39	57.4%
	Tertiary	16	19.5%	66	80.5%
Employment status	Unemployed	39	63.9%	22	36.1%	X^2 = 20.533
	Self-employed	47	42.7%	63	57.3%
	Government-employed	20	25.6%	58	74.4%
Monthly income	<1000 GH	89	50.6%	87	49.4%	X^2 = 21.838
	2000–3000 GH	8	20.0%	32	80.0%
	>3000 GH	0	0.0%	12	100.0%
Gestation weeks grouped	16–27 weeks	50	42.7%	67	57.3%	X^2 = 0.0
	28–38 weeks	56	42.7%	75	57.3%
Malaria preventive knowledge level	Unfavourable	28	50.9%	27	49.1%	X^2 = 2.090
	Favourable	78	40.0%	117	60.0%
Attitude level toward malaria prevention	Unfavourable	63	66.3%	32	33.7%	X^2 = 35.885
	Favourable	43	27.7%	112	72.3%

Source: field survey (2021).