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

Table 4 Characteristics of those who reported experiencing problems at health facility

Variable	Number (%)	Chi Square Value	p-value
Caregiver characteristics
Age (n = 385)
20 years & below	42 (64.6%)	0.425	0.515
21 years & above	220 (68.8%)
Parity (n = 350)
1 - 2 children	112 (70.4%)	0.140	0.708
3 children & above	131 (68.6%)
Marital Status (n = 396)
All Other Marital Statuses	51 (76.1%)	2.6	0.105
Monogamy	217 (66.0%)
Income (n = 382)
Below Ksh.5000	168 (63.2%)	10.805	0.001
Ksh.5000 & above	93 (80.2%)
Education (n = 395)
Primary & Below	223 (65.8%)	4.680	0.031
Secondary & Above	45 (80.4%)
Occupation (n = 393)
Unemployed Employed/Trader	94 (69.6%) 105 (64.4%)
Farmer	68 (71.6%)	1.683	0.431
Characteristics of the child
Age (n = 395)
6 months & below	75 (67.0%)	0.056	0.813
Above 6 months	193 (68.2%)
Gender (n = 391)
Male	121 (66.5%)	0.042	0.837
Female	141 (67.5%)
Complaint (n = 388)
None	97 (73.5%)	2.803	0.246
Non-Malaria/Febrile Illness¹	92 (67.2%)
Malaria/Febrile Illness	76 (63.9%)

¹Non-Malaria/Febrile Illnesses: respiratory tract infections/cough, diarrhoea, and skin diseases

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