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Table 2 Descriptive statistics

From: Socioeconomic status and the prevalence of fever in children under age five: evidence from four sub-Saharan African countries

Characteristics

Ghana

Nigeria

Kenya

Sierra leone

All countries

Fever occurrence in child <5 yrs

551 (19.96)

3965 (15.86)

1385 (24.62)

1271 (26.56)

7172 (18.79)

Wealth index

     

poorest

901 (32.25)

6602 (25.94)

1668 (29.23)

1090 (21.61)

10261 (26.32)

poorer

621(22.23)

5994(23.55)

1007 (17.65)

970 (19.35)

8598 (22.05)

middle

466 (16.68)

4973 (19.54)

912 (15.98)

1043 (20.68)

7394 (18.96)

richer

470 (16.82)

4318 (16.97))

938 (16.44)

1030 (20.42)

6756 (17.33)

richest

336 (12.03)

3560 (13.99)

1181 (20.70)

904 (17.93)

5981 (15.34)

Child age

1.9187

1.9205

1.9439

1.8192

1.9107

Child sex

     

Male

1420 (50.82)

12873 (50.59)

2923 (51.23)

2552 (50.60)

19768 (50.70)

Female

1374 (49.18)

12574 (49.41)

2783 (48.77)

2491 (49.40)

19222 (49.30

Household posses bed nets

2059 (73.69)

6327 (75.11)

4336 (75.99)

2490 (49.44)

15212 (39.05)

Child <5 yrs slept under bed net

1386 (50.71)

3716 (15.01)

3473 (62.08)

1870 (38.37)

10475 (27.45)

Mother slept under bed net

1337 (47.85)

3381 (13.29)

3350 (58.71)

1908 (37.83)

9976 (25.59)

Type of bed net

     

Treated

804 (29.90)

1389 (5.69)

2864 (52.19)

1406 (30.41)

6463 (17.37)

Untreated

417 (15.51)

1730 (7.09)

217 (3.95)

113 (2.44)

2477 (6.66)

None

1457 (54.59)

21292 (87.22)

2407 (43.86)

3105 (67.15)

28272 (75.98)

Health insurance

1130 (40.52)

327 (1.29)

288(5.05)

89 (1.78)

1834 (4.73)

Educational attainment

    

None

1046 (37.48)

12552 (49.33)

1220 (21.38)

3709 (73.55)

18527 (47.52)

Primary

669 (23.97)

5831 (22.91)

3208 (56.22)

652 (12.93)

10360 (26.57)

Secondary

1012 (36.26)

5785 (22.73)

963 (16.88)

613 (12.16)

8373 (21.48)

Tertiary and above

64 (2.29)

1279 (5.03)

315 (5.52)

69 (1.37)

1727 (4.43)

Place of Residence

     

Rural

1861 (66.61)

18467 (72.57)

4320 (75.71)

3353 (66.49)

28001 (71.82)

Urban

933 (33.39)

6980 (27.43)

1386 (24.29)

1690 (33.51)

10989 (28.18)