Table 2 Descriptive results of health care utilization for common childhood illnesses (diarrhea, fever and cough) among variables from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey
Variables | Care-seeking for diarrhea illness (%) | Total | Care-seeking for fever illness (%) | Total | Care-seeking for cough illness (%) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Child age | ||||||
 0–11 month | 104 (47.3%) | 222 | 102 (40.5%) | 252 | 96 (38.4%) | 250 |
 12–23 month | 146 (56.4%) | 259 | 125 (45.0%) | 278 | 108 (45%) | 240 |
 24–35 month | 75 (51.0%) | 147 | 74 (42.8%) | 173 | 68 (36.8%) | 185 |
 36–47 month | 23 (34.3%) | 67 | 26 (31.3%) | 83 | 20 (26.3%) | 76 |
 48–59 month | 15 (40.5%) | 37 | 21 (32.3%) | 65 | 14 (25.5%) | 55 |
Sex of child | ||||||
 Male | 195 (49.2%) | 396 | 181 (40.0%) | 452 | 149 (36.4%) | 409 |
 female | 168 (50.3%) | 334 | 167 (41.9%) | 399 | 157 (39.5%) | 397 |
Birth order | ||||||
 First birth | 73 (54.1%) | 135 | 70 (42.9%) | 163 | 62 (39.7%) | 156 |
 Second birth | 57 (57.6%) | 99 | 48 (42.1%) | 114 | 37 (36.6%) | 101 |
 Third birth | 55 (50.0%) | 110 | 43 (40.6%) | 106 | 42 (40.0%) | 105 |
 Forth birth and above | 178 (46.1%) | 386 | 187 (40.0%) | 468 | 165 (37.2%) | 444 |
Total under-five birth | ||||||
 One birth | 196 (49.7%) | 394 | 186 (38.6%) | 482 | 156 (34.7%) | 450 |
 Two births | 142 (49.8%) | 285 | 137 (44.3%) | 309 | 127 (42.9%) | 296 |
 Three and above births | 25 (49.0%) | 51 | 25 (41.7%) | 60 | 23 (38.3%) | 60 |
Marital status of mothers | ||||||
 Married | 348 (51.0%) | 683 | 330 (42.1%) | 783 | 293 (39.0%) | 752 |
 Divorced | 12 (38.7%) | 31 | 12 (29.3%) | 41 | 9 (27.3%) | 33 |
 Widowed | 2 (22.2%) | 9 | 3 (37.5%) | 8 | 1 (33.3%) | 3 |
 Separated | 1 (14.3%) | 7 | 3 (15.8%) | 19 | 3 (16.7%) | 18 |
Mothers education | ||||||
 No formal education | 211 (43.0%) | 491 | 219 (37.3%) | 587 | 187 (33.2%) | 563 |
 Primary and above | 152 (63.6%) | 239 | 129 (48.9%) | 264 | 119 (49.0%) | 243 |
Mothers age | ||||||
 Less than 30 years | 220 (54.5%) | 404 | 195 (43.3%) | 450 | 180 (40.7%) | 442 |
 30 years and above | 143 (43.9%) | 326 | 153 (38.2%) | 401 | 126 (34.6%) | 364 |
Husbands education | ||||||
 No formal education | 157 (44.4%) | 354 | 142 (34.7%) | 409 | 132 (33.1%) | 399 |
 Primary and above | 206 (54.8%) | 376 | 206 (46.6%) | 442 | 174 (42.8%) | 407 |
Desire to have more child | ||||||
 Wants more children | 256 (52.2%) | 490 | 244 (42.8%) | 570 | 219 (40.3%) | 544 |
 Wants no more children | 107 (44.6%) | 240 | 104 (37.0%) | 281 | 87 (33.2%) | 262 |
Wealth index | ||||||
 Poorest | 119 (43.9%) | 271 | 114 (32.2%) | 343 | 106 (35.5%) | 299 |
 Poorer | 73 (47.1%) | 155 | 76 (43.2%) | 176 | 67 (36.4%) | 184 |
 Middle | 74 (53.2%) | 139 | 65 (44.5%) | 146 | 52 (35.9%) | 145 |
 Richer | 73 (58.4%) | 125 | 75 (53.2%) | 141 | 67 (50.0%) | 134 |
 Richest | 24 (60.0%) | 40 | 18 (40.0%) | 45 | 14 (31.8%) | 44 |
Exposure to mass media | ||||||
 No | 269 (48.2%) | 558 | 260 (40.2%) | 647 | 221 (36.8%) | 600 |
 Yes | 94 (54.7%) | 172 | 88 (43.1%) | 204 | 85 (41.3%) | 206 |
Place of delivery | ||||||
 Home | 228 (45.5%) | 501 | 219 (36.7%) | 596 | 191 (33.7%) | 567 |
 Health facility | 135 (59.0%) | 229 | 129 (50.6%) | 255 | 115 (48.1%) | 239 |