Monitoring Compliance and Acceptability of Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria Using Sulfadoxine Pyrimethamine after Ten Years of Implementation in Tanzania
Table 1
Characteristics of study subjects.
Mean age in years (range)
27 (15–42)
Gravid
Proportions% ()
Primigravidae
29 (157)
Secundigravidae
32 (175)
Multigravidae
39 (208)
Weeks of pregnancy
First trimester
16 (85)
Second trimester
59 (317)
Third trimester
25 (138)
Level of education
No school
12 (64)
Primary education
24 (130)
Secondary education
47 (251)
Tertiary education
16 (88)
No response
1 (7)
Malaria positive during pregnancy (self-reported cases)
