Table 1 |
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Characteristics of participants with clinically diagnosed malaria. |
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| Description |
Private |
Government |
P value |
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| Child |
Adult |
Child |
Adult |
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| Sex |
Male (%) |
25 (41) |
10 (29) |
69 (48 |
25 (34 |
P1 = 0.711 |
| Female (%) |
36 (59) |
25 (71) |
74 (52) |
48 (66) |
P2 = 0.424 |
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| TOTAL |
61 |
35 |
143 |
73 |
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| Age (years) |
Mean |
3.03 |
33.57 |
2.6 |
30.15 |
P1 = 0.095 |
| Range |
0.5–13 |
18–60 |
0.2–14 |
16–61 |
P2 = 0.027 |
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| Occupation |
Unemployed (%) |
3 (9) |
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| Subsistence farmer (%) |
11 (31) |
4 (5) |
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| Small trader (%) |
4 (11) |
21 (29) |
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| State employee (%) |
5 (14) |
5 (7) |
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| Professional (%) |
N/A |
3 (9) |
N/A |
10 (14) |
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| Student (%) |
4 (11) |
2 (3) |
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| Housewife (%) |
4 (11) |
10 (14) |
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| Retired (%) |
0 |
10 (14) |
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| Other (%) |
0 |
1 (1) 5(7) |
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| Declined answer (%) |
1 (3) |
5(7) |
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| Malaria microscopy |
Positive (%) |
83 (78) |
43 (68) |
197 (76) |
74 (70) |
P1 = 0.968 |
| Negative (5) |
24 (22) |
20 (32) |
62 (24) |
32 (30) |
P2 = 0.862 |
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| TOTAL |
107 |
63 |
259 |
106 |
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| Median household monthly expenditure US$* |
36.96 |
41.3 |
39.13 |
39.13 |
P1 = 0.738 |
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| P2 = 0.458 |
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N/A = not applicable. *Sample size for mean monthly expenditure estimate: child private = 35, adult private = 21, child government = 87, adult government = 41. P values generated by chi-square or Mann-Whitney tests comparing adult1 and child2 participants respectively between clinics. |
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Hume et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:33 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-33 |
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