Country | Burkin Faso | Gambia | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Out patient | In patient | Out patient | In patient |
Total number of observationsa | 150 | 70 | 155 | 108 |
Mean Age in years (SD) | 24 (5.80) | 24 (5.55) | 27 (5.80) | 27 (5.12) |
Mean Number of children (SD) | 1.43 (1.72) | 1.36 (1.68) | 1.75 (1.69) | 1.75 (1.77) |
 | Percentage Breakdowns of Characteristicsb | |||
Diagnosis | ||||
Clinical malaria | 100 | 71 | 65 | 56 |
Severe anemia | 0 | 16 | 35 | 39 |
Malaria & severe anemia | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
Education | ||||
None | 77 | 73 | 65 | 70 |
Primary | 12 | 11 | 21 | 18 |
Secondary | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 |
Primary Religion | ||||
Catholic | 53 | 53 | 2 | 4 |
Islam | 33 | 36 | 97 | 96 |
Traditional African | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
None | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Mossi | 92 | 79 | – | – |
Gourounsi | 5 | 9 | – | – |
Peuhl | 3 | 11 | – | – |
Mandinka | – | – | 30 | 41 |
Fula | – | – | 37 | 27 |
Serahuleh | – | – | 30 | 28 |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 86 | 73 | 92 | 93 |
In relationship | 12 | 24 | 1 | 2 |
Single | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
Separated | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Activity | ||||
Housewife | 29 | 41 | 15 | 11 |
Farmer | 55 | 36 | 54 | 65 |
Market trader | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
No occupation | 6 | 11 | 9 | 6 |
Others | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 |
Partner’s activity | ||||
Farmer | 68 | 57 | 67 | 81 |
Market trader | 9 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
Civil servant | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 |
No occupation | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Others | 21 | 33 | 7 | 5 |