Utilization of Integrated Community Case Management and Its Factors in Southern Ethiopia: Facility Based-Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Sociodemographic variables and major disease symptoms among under-five children who participated in the study of Hadiya zone, Ethiopia, June 2018 (n = 574).

Background variable	Categories	Frequency	%
Age of the child in months	<2 months	19	3.3
	2–11 months	199	34.7
	12–59 months	356	62.0
Sex of the child	Male	314	54.7
	Female	260	45.3
Children less than five years per household	1	179	31.2
	2	310	54.0
	3	85	14.8
Major child’s symptoms for each category)	Fever	301	52.4
	Diarrhoea	117	20.4
	Cough	230	40.1
	Malnutrition	19	3.3
	Skin infections	117	20.4
	Others	34	5.9

Others: constipation, ear problem, tonsillitis, neck swelling, leg swelling, vomiting, and accident.