From: Psychosocial factors associated with malaria care-seeking in rural Ethiopia
Characteristics | Total | No care | Delayed care | Prompt care | P value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | ||
Total | 479 | 100 | 153 | 32 | 112 | 23 | 214 | 45 | n/a |
Region | 0.001 | ||||||||
Amhara | 131 | 27 | 60 | 40 | 28 | 25 | 43 | 20 | |
Oromia | 146 | 31 | 31 | 20 | 37 | 33 | 79 | 37 | |
SNNPR | 160 | 34 | 43 | 28 | 43 | 38 | 75 | 35 | |
Tigray | 41 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 8 | |
Malaria transmission | 0.648 | ||||||||
Free/Low | 166 | 35 | 55 | 36 | 34 | 30 | 78 | 36 | |
Moderate/High | 313 | 65 | 98 | 64 | 78 | 70 | 137 | 64 | |
Age in years | 0.189 | ||||||||
15–24 | 82 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 44 | 20 | |
25–34 | 229 | 48 | 71 | 47 | 48 | 43 | 109 | 51 | |
35–49 | 168 | 35 | 59 | 38 | 48 | 43 | 62 | 29 | |
≥ Primary education | 154 | 32 | 37 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 89 | 41 | 0.005 |
Christian religion | 305 | 64 | 105 | 69 | 75 | 67 | 125 | 58 | 0.168 |
Married | 452 | 94 | 143 | 94 | 109 | 97 | 200 | 93 | 0.432 |
Wealth Index | 0.413 | ||||||||
Poorest | 128 | 27 | 53 | 34 | 24 | 22 | 51 | 24 | |
Poorer | 53 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 9 | |
Middle | 114 | 24 | 36 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 53 | 25 | |
Richer | 73 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 37 | 17 | |
Richest | 111 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 31 | 28 | 54 | 25 | |
Household has adequate nets | 63 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 34 | 16 | 0.273 |
Vulnerable household | 131 | 27 | 44 | 29 | 21 | 18 | 67 | 31 | 0.103 |
Household owns family health guide | 55 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 14 | 0.235 |
Survey timing | 0.600 | ||||||||
Baseline (2016) | 311 | 65 | 103 | 67 | 67 | 60 | 140 | 65 | |
Follow up (2019) | 168 | 35 | 50 | 33 | 44 | 40 | 74 | 35 |