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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the respondents

From: Malaria Parasitaemia and the use of insecticide-treated nets (INTs) for malaria control amongst under-5 year old children in Calabar, Nigeria

Characteristics

% Frequency/Mean (SD)

Total

Care-givers’ age (years)

  

18-25

13.2

35

26-35

77.1

205

36 & above

9.8

26

Total

100

266

Mean age (±SD)

29.7 (±5.6)

 

Child age (months)

  

1-11

21.8

52

12-35

41.6

99

36-59

36.6

87

Total

100

238

Mean age (±SD)

25.5 (±17.3)

 

Care-givers’ tribe

  

Efik

53

141

Northern cross river

9.8

26

Igbo

19.5

52

Hausa

4.9

13

Yoruba

2.3

6

Others

10.5

28

Total

100

266

Care-givers’ education

  

None

1.1

3

Primary

3.7

10

Secondary

36.3

98

Tertiary

58.9

159

Total

100

270

Care-givers’ occupation

  

Civil service

40.3

100

Self employed

35.1

87

House wife

10.1

25

Others

14.5

36

Total

100

248