Table 2 Potential factors associated with advice or care seeking for febrile children in Togo (n = 1359) DHS 2013

Age

 0–11

91 (41.2)

130 (58.8)

Ref

-

 12- 23

137 (38.2)

222 (62.8)

0.81 (0.57–1.13)

-

 24–35

107 (37.0)

182 (63.0)

0.80 (0.56–1.14)

-

 36–47

111 (41.3)

158 (58.7)

0.87 (0.62–1.24)

-

 48–59

82 (37.1)

139 (62.9)

0.78 (0.54–1.13)

-

Child sex

 Male

266 (38.3)

428 (61.7)

Ref

-

 Female

262 (39.4)

403 (60.6)

0.98 (0.79–1.21)

-

Household head's sex

 Male

446 (38.7)

705 (61.3)

Ref

-

 Female

82 (39.4)

126 (60.6)

1.04 (0.76–1.42)

-

Currently breastfeeding

 No

233 (40.2)

346 (59.8)

Ref

-

 Yes

296 (37.9)

484 (62.1)

0.91 (0.56–0.93)

-

Place of residence

 Urban

190 (48.6)

201 (51.4)

Ref

Ref

 Rural

338 (34.9)

630 (65.1)

0.71 (0.56–0.93)

1.73 (0.94–3.24)

Accessibility to nearest health centre

 Problematic

153 (32.1)

326 (67.9)

Ref

Ref

 Not problematic

375 (42.6)

505 (57.4)

1.51 (1.21–1.89)

1.52 (1.18–1.95)

Region

 Lomé commune

126 (49.2)

130 (50.8)

Ref

Ref

 Maritime

59 (28.9)

145 (71.1)

0.34 (0.20–0.55)

0.49 (0.29–0.82)

 Plateaux

131 (31.2)

289 (68.8)

0.59 (0.41–0.86)

0.79 (0.54–1.16)

 Centrale

49 (38.9)

77 (61.1)

0.78 (0.52–1.18)

0.84 (0.55–1.29)

 Kara

64 (47.8)

70 (52.2)

1.11 (0.74–1.67)

1.64 (0.90–2.54)

 Savanes

99 (45.2)

120 (54.8)

1.06 (0.76–1.49)

1.80 (0.99–2.74)

Women's age

 15–24 yrs

123 (40.3)

182 (59.7)

Ref

-

 25–34 yrs

272 (39.9)

425 (60.1)

0.99 (0.51–0.81)

-

 35–49 yrs

133 (35.8)

262 (64.2)

0.78 (0.57–1.06)

-

Education level

 No education

201 (32.7)

411 (62.1)

Ref

Ref

 Primary

188 (40.0)

283 (64.8)

1.12 (0.88–1.44)

1.15 (0.87–1.52

 Secondary and

139 (47.3)

137 (52.7)

1.91 (1.43–2.55)

1.85 (1.32–2.59)

higher Wealth Index

 Poorest

123 (36.3)

216 (63.7)

Ref

Ref

 Poorer

99 (31.4)

215 (68.6)

0.82 (0.61–1.11)

1.02 (0.73–1.42)

 Middle

95 (34.0)

184 (66.0)

0.85 (0.62–1.17)

1.07 (0.74–1.55)

 Richer

104 (43.8)

134 (56.2)

1.30 (0.92–1.82)

1.56 (0.99–2.44)

 Richest

107 (56.1)

82 (43.9)

1.62 (1.12–2.33)

1.92 (0.99–3.35)

Marital status

 Married

483 (38.6)

768 (61.4)

Ref

-

 Divorced/widowed

29 (46.0)

34 (54.0)

0.82 (0.50–1.34)

-

 Single

16 (35.6)

29 (64.4)

0.81 (0.36–1.75)

-

Occupation

 Farmers/traders

358 (37.3)

602 (62.7)

Ref

-

 Public employee

71 (32.3)

149 (67.7)

1.34 (0.96 -1.87)

-

 Not working

99 (55.3)

80 (44.7)

1.10 (0.65–1.83)

-

Religion

 Animist/Traditionalist

101 (22.4)

350 (77.6)

Ref

Ref

 Catholic

115 (45.8)

136 (54.2)

2.20 (0.29–0.47)

2.28 (1.55–3.37)

 Muslim

119 (55.9)

94 (44.1)

2.31 (1.65–3.23)

2.41 (1.67–3.47)

 Protestant

193 (43.5)

251 (56.5)

1.57 (1.17–2.10)

1.90 (1.37–2.65)

Ethnicity

 Ewe/mina/ana-ife

133 (26.0)

378 (74.0)

Ref

Ref

 Kabye/tem

125 (37.8)

206 (62.2)

1.16 (0.86–1.56)

0.90 (0.61–1.32)

 Paragrouma/akposso/akebou

246 (54.4)

206 (45.6)

1.58 (1.21–2.06)

1.14 (0.78–1.65)

 Others

24 (36.9)

41 (63.1)

2.55 (1.38–4.77)

1.61 (0.76–3.41)