The impact of equity factors on receipt of timely appropriate care for children with suspected malaria in eastern Uganda

Table 2 Bivariate and adjusted analyses for children with symptoms of malaria

Socio-economic and demographic characteristics	Child received timely and appropriate treatment for symptoms of malaria?
	Total		Yes		No		Crude		Adjusted
	n	%	n	%	n	%	OR (95% C.I.)	P-value	OR (95% C.I.)	P-value
n	695	100.0
Age of child (months)
Mean (95% C.I.)	33.80 (32.71–34.88)		31.30 (28.51–34.10)		34.29 (33.12–35.47)			0.044	0.99 (0.97–1.00)	0.082
Sex of child
Female	362	52.1	56	48.7	306	52.8	1	Ref
Male	333	47.9	59	51.3	274	47.2	1.18 (0.79–1.76)	0.426
TOTAL	695		115		580
Caregiver relationship to child
Mother	518	74.5	79	68.7	439	75.7	1	Ref	1	Ref
Father	69	9.9	14	12.2	55	9.5	1.41 (0.75–2.67)	0.283	1.55 (0.79–3.06)	0.205
Aunt	10	1.4	4	3.5	6	1.0	7.12 (1.02–13.43)	0.046	9.11 (1.85–44.89)	0.007
Uncle	1	0.1	0	0.0	1	0.2
Grandfather	57	8.2	12	10.4	45	7.8	1.48 (0.75–2.93)	0.257	1.39 (0.65–2.94)	0.396
Grandmother	9	1.3	0	0.0	9	1.6
Other*	8	1.2	1	0.9	7	1.2	0.79 (0.10–6.54)	0.830	0.97 (0.11–8.47)	0.980
Missing	23	3.3	5	4.4	18	3.1
TOTAL	695		115		580
Wealth index (quintiles)
Lowest	115	16.6	22	19.1	93	16.0	1	Ref	1	Ref
2nd	129	18.6	21	18.3	108	18.6	0.82 (0.43–1.59)	0.560	0.81 (0.41–1.60)	0.543
Middle	150	21.6	26	22.6	124	21.4	0.89 (0.47–1.66)	0.707	0.86 (0.44–1.67)	0.658
4th	130	18.7	15	13.0	115	19.8	0.55 (0.27–1.12)	0.101	0.58 (0.28–1.23)	0.156
Highest	72	10.4	14	12.2	58	10.0	1.02 (0.48–2.15)	0.958	1.42 (0.64–3.17)	0.389
Missing	99	14.2	17	14.8	82	14.1
TOTAL	695		115		580
Rurality
Semi-urban	115	16.6	10	8.7	105	18.1	1	Ref	1	Ref
Rural	580	83.4	105	91.3	475	81.9	2.32 (1.17–4.59)	0.016	2.40 (1.06–5.45)	0.036
TOTAL	695		115		580

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