Table 1

Profile of respondents and outlets (in %, unless noted)



Informed outlets
Control outlets
All outlets
signif.*


(n = 101)
(n = 151)
(n = 252)


Sex
Female
56.4
55.0
55.6
.818

Male
43.6
45.0
44.4

Education
Standard 8 or less
21.0
26.7
24.4
.542

Form 1–4
69.0
61.0
64.2


Above Form 4
10.0
12.3
11.4

Employment status
Owner
44.6
39.7
41.7
.044

Employee
28.7
19.2
23.0


Family member
26.7
41.1
35.3

Locale
Rural
58.4
57.6
57.9
.900

Urban
41.6
42.4
42.1

Type of outlet
Shop/Kiosk
67.3
78.8
74.2
.016

Pharmacy
26.7
12.6
18.3


Clinic
5.9
8.6
7.5

Sources of drugs
Wholesale pharmarcy
46.5
31.8
37.7
.018

Wholesale general shop
33.7
52.3
44.8
.004

Mobile vendor
31.7
11.9
19.8
.000
Malaria clients
Reported average number of malaria clients per day
10
8
9
.161

*From Pearson chi-square

Tavrow et al. Malaria Journal 2003 2:10   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-2-10