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Table 1 Respondents’ characteristics

From: Determinants of uptake of first dose of intermittent preventive treatment among pregnant women in a secondary health Centre in Maiduguri, Nigeria

Variable

n

%

Age group

 Less than 20

33

8.7

 20 years and above

347

91.3

Family type

 Widowed

2

0.5

 Monogamous

293

77.1

 Polygamous

85

22.4

Occupational status

 Employed

168

44.2

 Not employed

212

55.8

Income level

 None

211

55.5

 Below minimum wage

140

36.8

 At and above minimum wage

29

7.6

Type of residence

 Permanent resident

279

73.4

 Internally displaced

101

26.6

Gravidity

 Primigravid

50

13.2

 Multigravida

195

51.3

 Grand multigravida

135

35.5

Previous miscarriage

 Yes

103

27.1

 No

277

72.9