The Effectiveness of the Revised Intermittent Preventive Treatment with Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) in the Prevention of Malaria among Pregnant Women in Northern Ghana

Table 2

Reproductive health and obstetric history of participants.

Variables	Frequency (n)	Percent
Gravidae
Primigravidae	349	29.6
Secundigravidae	269	22.8
Multigravidae	563	47.6
Parity
Nulliparous	391	33.1
Primiparous	257	21.8
Multiparous	533	45.1
Trimester at 1st ANC
1st trimester (0–12 weeks)	507	42.9
2nd trimester (13–24 weeks)	636	53.9
3rd trimester (25 to term)	38	3.2
ITN ownership
Yes	764	64.7
ITN use
Yes	523	44.3
Frequency ITN use
Every evening	230	44
Once a while	293	56
Malaria parasitaemia at registration
Negative	1127	95.5
Positive	54	4.5

Data presented as count and percent.