Table 1

Household vulnerability to malaria, by economic status (ES) group

No of respondents perceiving risk of malaria (%)
 No of malaria episodes in previous month
 Expenditure in previous month to prevent malaria (Naira)
 Expenditure in previous month to treat malaria (Naira)


Per household
 Per capita
 Per household
 Per capita
 Per household
 Per capita
Q1 (Most poor)
 38 (27.3)
 0.41
 0.18
 31.6
 12.3
 106.6
 43.1
Q2 (Very poor)
 18 (12.9)
 0.55
 0.15
 32.4
 7.5
 290.2
 85.6
Q3 (Poor)
 25 (18.1)
 0.59
 0.16
 47.7
 13.7
 359.0
 98.9
Q4 (Less poor)
 28 (20.1)
 1.01
 0.20
 52.3
 12.8
 444.3
 126.8
Q5 (Least poor)
 30 (21.6)
 1.03
 0.17
 127.5
 20.5
 674.6
 120.3
Chi2
 8.4**
 53.6***
 12.5
 40.4***
 35.7
 57.7***
 39.5
Q1:Q5 ratio
 1.37
 0.40
 1.1
 0.25
 0.6
 0.16
 0.4

Significance of parameters *<0.10, **<0.05, ***<0.01

Onwujekwe et al. Malaria Journal 2004 3:6   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-3-6

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