Research Article
Factors Associated with Use of Guideline in Home Management of Malaria among Children in Rural South West Nigeria
Table 3
Guideline use by demographic characteristics of caregivers.
| | Yes | No | Total | | P value |
| Age | | | | | | 18–25 | 95 (24.3%) | 5 (1.3%) | 100 (25.6%) | | | 26–30 | 111 (28.4%) | 4 (1.0%) | 115 (29.4%) | | | 31–35 | 86 (22.0%) | 4 (1.0%) | 90 (23.0%) | 16.592 | 0.002 | 36–40 | 49 (12.5%) | 8 (2.0%) | 57 (14.5%) | | | >41 | 23 (5.9%) | 6 (1.6%) | 29 (7.4%) | | |
| Total | 364 (93.1%) | 27 (6.9%) | 391 (100%) | | |
| Sex | | | | | | Male | 9 (4.0%) | 1 (0.7%) | 10 (4.7%) | 0.151 | 0.698 | Female | 363 (85.6%) | 26 (6.2%) | 380 (91.8%) | | |
| Total | 372 (93%) | 27 (7.0%) | 390 (100%) | | |
| Educational level | | | | | | Primary education | 199 (66.0%) | 10 (3.3%) | 209 (69.3%) | | | Post primary education | 80 (26.6%) | 2 (0.7%) | 82 (27.3%) | 6.25 | 0.05 | No formal education | 8 (2.7%) | 2 (0.7%) | 10 (3.4%) | | |
| Total | 287 (95.3%) | 14 (4.7%) | 301 (100%) | | |
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