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Table 1 Spectrum of care-seeking and contextual psychosocial factors (N = 479)

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