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Table 4 Determinants of health care utilization for fever illness from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health survey (n = 851)

From: Health care utilization for common childhood illnesses in rural parts of Ethiopia: evidence from the 2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey

Variables

Health care utilization

COR(95%CI)

AOR(95%CI)

Sought health center

Not-sought health center

Child age in months

 0–11 month

102

150

Ref.

Ref.

 12–23 month

125

153

1.20(0.85–1.69)

1.37 (0.95–1.97)

 24–35 month

74

99

1.10 (0.74–1.63)

1.44 (0.94–2.21)

 36–47 month

26

57

0.67 (0.39–1.13)

0.89 (0.49–1.59)

 48–59 month

21

44

0.70 (0.39–1.24)

1.05 (0.54–2.00)

Sex of child

 Male

181

271

Ref.

Ref.

 female

167

232

1.08 (0.82–1.42)

1.08 (0.82–1.44)

Birth order of child

 First birth

70

93

Ref.

Ref.

 Second birth

48

66

0.97(0.59–1.57)

0.87 (0.49–1.51)

 Third birth

43

63

0.91(0.55–1.49)

0.76 (0.42–1.37)

 Forth birth and above

187

281

0.88 (0.62–1.27)

0.96(0.55–1.67)

Total under-five birth

 One birth

186

296

Ref.

Ref.

 Two births

137

172

1.27(0.95–1.69)

1.33(0.92–1.92)

 Three and above births

25

35

1.14 (0.65–1.95)

1.43(0.75–2.68)

Mothers marital status

 Married

330

453

Ref.

Ref.

 Divorced

12

29

0.57 (0.28–1.10)

0.59 (0.27–1.21)

 Widowed

3

5

0.82 (0.17–3.38)

0.94(0.18–4.05)

 Separated

3

16

0.26 (0.06–0.78)

0.25 (0.06–0.81)*

Mothers education level

 No formal education

219

368

Ref.

Ref.

 Primary and above

129

135

1.61 (1.20–2.15)

1.26 (0.89–1.77)

Mothers age

 Less than 30 years

195

255

Ref.

Ref.

 30 years and above

153

248

0.81 (0.61–1.06)

0.89(0.61–1.32)

Husbands education level

 No formal education

142

267

Ref.

Ref.

 Primary and above

206

236

1.64 (1.25–2.17)

1.37 (1.01–1.86)*

Desire to have more child

 Wants more children

244

326

Ref.

Ref.

 Wants no more children

104

177

0.79 (0.58–1.05)

0.81 (0.58–1.12)

Wealth index

 Poorest

114

229

Ref.

Ref.

 Poorer

76

100

1.53 (1.05–2.22)

1.53 (1.03–2.27)*

 Middle

65

81

1.61 (1.08–2.40)

1.60 (1.04–2.44)*

 Richer

75

66

2.28 (1.53–3.41)

2.00 (1.27–3.17)**

 Richest

18

27

1.34 (0.70–2.52)

1.15 (0.56–2.30)

Exposure to mass media

 No

260

387

Ref.

Ref.

 Yes

88

116

1.13 (0.82–1.55)

0.90(0.63–1.29)

Place of delivery

 Home

219

377

Ref.

Ref.

 Health facility

129

126

1.76 (1.31–2.37)

1.51(1.09–2.10)*

  1. Ref. =Reference category
  2. ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05