Quality of care for the treatment for uncomplicated malaria in South-East Nigeria: how important is socioeconomic status?

Table 1 Characteristics of patients for whom treatment was sought*

	Poorest 40%	Third 20%	Fourth 20%	Richest 20%	All	P-value
	n (%) [95% CI]*	n (%) [95% CI]*	n (%) [95% CI]*	n (%) [95% CI]*	n (%) [95% CI]*	P-value
	N = 362	N = 292	N = 423	N = 565	N = 1642
Area of residence
Enugu (urban)	54 (30.9) [19.2-45.8]	150 (79.4) [70.3-86.3]	346 (93.1) [88.85.8]	512 (96.6) [94.0-98.1]	1062 (87.9) [85.2-90.2]	<0.001
Udi (rural)	308 (69.1) [54.2-80.8]	142 (20.6) [13.8-29.7]	77 (7.0) [4.3-11.2]	53 (3.4) [1.9-6.0]	580 (12.1) [9.8-14.8]	<0.001
Gender ^a
Male	161 (45.2) [36.3-54.5]	140 (53.4) [40.0-66.5]	228 (55.5) [46.0-64.5]	313 (57.9) [51.1-64.4]	842 (55.5) [51.7-59.3]	0.482
Female	195 (54.8) [45.5-63.7]	147 (46.6) [33.5-60.2]	191 (44.5) [35.5-48.9]	245 (42.1) [35.6-48.9]	778 (44.5) [40.8-48.3]	0.482
Age group
>15 yrs	196 (64.0) [54.5-72.5]	176 (71.4) [63.2-78.4]	319 (83.8) [76.7-89.0]	407 (75.8) [69.6-81.1]	1098 (76.7) [72.44-80.5]	0.005
5 to 15 yrs	69 (17.2) [12.4-23.3]	50 (13.8) [8.7-21.1]	46 (8.0) [5.1-12.3]	79 (14.4) [10.6-19.2]	244 (12.5) [10.1-15.5]
<5 yrs	97 (18.8) [12.5-27.4]	66 (14.8) [8.9-23.6]	58 (8.2) [4.7-14.0]	79 (9.8) [6.7-14.0]	300 (10.7) [8.1-14.0]
Education level of patient (or caregiver) ^b
Primary	195 (52.3) [43.4-61.1]	86 (29.4) [20-8-39.9]	54 (12.1) [8.0-17.8]	45 (7.3) [4.5-11.5]	380 (15.4) [12.4-18.9]	<0.001
Secondary	132 (41.5) [32.8-50.9]	140 (41.8) [31.7-52.6]	192 (43.8) [35.0-53.0]	218 (37.2) [29.9-45.1]	682 (40.2) [34.9-45.7]
Tertiary	18 (6.2) [2.4-15.2]	57 (28.8) [21.4-37.5]	171 (44.1) [35.3-53.4]	292 (55.6) [47.2-63.8]	538 (44.5) [38.9-50.1]

*Population averaged percentages which have been adjusted for the survey design.
Notes: (^a)missing 22 responses; (^b)missing 42 responses.

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