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Table 2 Descriptive statistics

From: Health care seeking in modern urban LMIC settings: evidence from Lusaka, Zambia

 

(1) Adult sample

(N = 577)

(2) Child sample

(N = 141)

Demographic characteristics

N (%)

N (%)

Female

447 (77.5%)

69 (48.9%)

Age under 30

165 (28.6%)

-

Age 30–44

250 (43.3%)

-

Age 45 plus

142 (24.6%)

-

Primary education or less

234 (40.6%)

-

Secondary education

256 (44.4%)

-

Higher education

87 (15.1%)

-

Married

394 (68.3%)

-

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Asset quintile

3.0 (1.4)

2.7 (1.2)

Reason for seeking care

N (%)

N (%)

Emergency visit

0 (0.0%)

-

Routine checkup

140 (24.3%)

-

Chronic treatment

128 (22.2%)

-

Acute sickness

309 (53.6%)

-

Diarrhea

-

89 (63.1%)

Fever

-

65 (46.1%)

Cough

-

95 (67.4%)

Fast breathing

-

14 (9.9%)

Facility access

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Teaching hospitals within 1 km

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

General hospitals within 1 km

0.4 (0.5)

0.4 (0.5)

Private facilities within 1 km

1.8 (1.1)

1.9 (1.1)

Other health facilities within 1 km

0.9 (0.9)

1.0 (0.8)

Teaching hospitals within 5 km

0.2 (0.4)

0.2 (0.4)

General hospitals within 5 km

2.2 (0.9)

2.2 (0.8)

Private facilities within 5 km

16.0 (5.3)

16.1 (4.8)

Other health facilities within 5 km

10.8 (3.3)

10.8 (2.8)

  1. Column (2) describes the characteristics of the adult analytic sample, which is restricted to include only adults whose most recent visit to a health facility was for care for a non-emergency condition. Column (2) describes the characteristics of the child analytic sample, which the characteristics of all children in the sampled households who sought care for diarrhea, fever, cough, or fast breathing within the past two weeks