Who is to blame? Perspectives of caregivers on barriers to accessing healthcare for the under-fives in Butere District, Western Kenya

Table 2 Logistic regression analysis: caregivers' opinion on the severity of child's illness

Independent Variable¹	Illness Severe/Very Severe Number (%)	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	p-value
Characteristics of Caregiver
Age (n = 256)
20 years & below*	24 (61.5)	1	0.410 - 2.935	0.855
21 years & above	133 (61.3)	1.096
Parity (n = 234)
1 - 2 children*	63 (58.9)	1	0.447 - 1.659	0.656
3 children & above	77 (60.6)	0.861
Marital Status (n = 264)
All Other Statuses² *	141 (63.5)	1	0.754 - 3.790	0.202
Monogamy	22 (52.4)	1.691
Income (n = 253)
Below Ksh.5000*	108 (60.7)	1	0.325 - 1.216	0.168
Ksh.5000 & above	51 (68.0)	0.629
Education (n = 263)
Primary & Below*	142 (64.0)	1	0.905 - 4.790	0.084
Secondary & Above	20 (48.8)	2.082
Occupation (n = 261)
Unemployed*	57 (61.3)	1	0.766 - 1.508	0.676
Employed/Trader/Farmer	106 (63.1)	1.075
Characteristics of Child
Age (n = 264)
6 months & below*	27 (56.3)	1	0.270 - 1.289	0.185
Above 6 months	137 (63.4)	0.590
Gender (n = 259)
Male*	73 (61.3)	1	0.660 - 2.162	0.557
Female	86 (61.4)	1.195
Complaint (n = 253)
Non-Malaria/Febrile Illness³*	67 (57.3)	1	0.273 - 0.805	0.006
Malaria/Febrile Illness	93 (68.4)	0.469

¹All variables entered in the first step
²Includes: polygamous marriage, single parent, divorced or separated and widowed
³Non-Malaria/Febrile Illnesses: respiratory tract infections/cough, diarrhoea, and skin diseases
*Baseline group

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