Table 1 Demographics of enrolled febrile children and their caregivers, according to site of enrolment (public health facility in urban area, public health facility in rural area, community health worker (CHW) or private facility in urban area)
| Â | All sites | Public Urban | Public Rural | CHW | Private Urban | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Sex of sick child (N = 1602) | ||||||||||
 Male | 872 | 54.4% | 228 | 54.2% | 236 | 56.2% | 222 | 52.2% | 186 | 55.4% |
 Female | 730 | 45.6% | 193 | 45.8% | 184 | 43.8% | 203 | 47.8% | 150 | 44.6% |
Age of sick child in years (N = 1602) | ||||||||||
  < 1 | 305 | 19.0% | 69 | 16.4% | 76 | 18.1% | 100 | 23.5% | 60 | 17.9% |
 1 | 329 | 20.5% | 107 | 25.4% | 75 | 17.9% | 55 | 12.9% | 92 | 27.4% |
 2 | 367 | 22.9% | 103 | 24.5% | 84 | 20.0% | 99 | 23.3% | 81 | 24.1% |
 3 | 287 | 17.9% | 70 | 16.6% | 94 | 22.4% | 61 | 14.4% | 62 | 18.5% |
 4 | 314 | 19.6% | 72 | 17.1% | 91 | 21.7% | 110 | 25.9% | 41 | 12.2% |
Sex of caregiver (N = 1602) | ||||||||||
 Male | 289 | 18.0% | 82 | 19.5% | 128 | 30.5% | 24 | 5.6% | 55 | 16.4% |
 Female | 1313 | 82.0% | 339 | 80.5% | 292 | 69.5% | 401 | 94.4% | 281 | 83.6% |
Caregiver age in years (N = 1602) | ||||||||||
 18–24 | 416 | 26.0% | 112 | 26.6% | 118 | 28.1% | 113 | 26.6% | 73 | 21.7% |
 25–34 | 742 | 46.3% | 200 | 47.5% | 174 | 41.4% | 203 | 47.8% | 165 | 49.1% |
 35–44 | 330 | 20.6% | 83 | 19.7% | 83 | 19.8% | 78 | 18.4% | 86 | 25.6% |
  ≥ 45 | 114 | 7.1% | 26 | 6.2% | 45 | 10.7% | 31 | 7.3% | 12 | 3.6% |
Caregiver education level (N = 1600) | ||||||||||
 None | 751 | 46.9% | 102 | 24.2% | 280 | 66.8% | 341 | 80.4% | 28 | 8.3% |
 Primary | 382 | 23.9% | 118 | 28.0% | 122 | 29.1% | 77 | 18.2% | 65 | 19.3% |
 Secondary or higher | 467 | 29.2% | 201 | 47.7% | 17 | 4.1% | 6 | 1.4% | 243 | 72.3% |