Less Than One-Third of Caretakers Sought Formal Health Care Facilities for Common Childhood Illnesses in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey

Table 1

Proportion of children under the age of five with common childhood illness who sought formal medical care by selected characteristics descriptive statistics with Pearson’s Chi square.

Name of the variables	Sought formal care	Did not seek formal care	Pearson’s Chi square
Age of the child
0–11	187 (27.79)	486 (72.21)	Chi^2 () = 3.2
12–23	231 (32.17)	487 (67.83)
24–59	423 (29.83)	995 (70.17)
Sex
Male	448 (30.46)	1,023 (69.54)	Chi^2 () = .49
Female	401 (29.25)	970 (70.75)
Number of U5 children
≤2	726 (30.74)	1,636 (69.26)	Chi^2 () =
>2	123 (25.62)	357 (74.38)
Birth order of the child
First	210 (41.67)	294 (58.33)	Chi^2 () =
2-3	282 (31)	627 (69)
4–6	255 (27.39)	676 (72.61)
≥7	102 (20.48)	396 (79.52)
Residence
Urban	223 (50.23)	221 (49.77)	Chi^2 () =
Rural	626 (26.11)	1,772 (73.89)
Distance
Not big problem	279 (39)	436 (61)	Chi^2 () =
A big problem	570 (26.82)	1,555 (73.18)
Transport
Not a problem	244 (39.61)	372 (60.39)	Chi^2 () =
Big problem	605 (27.19)	1,620 (72.81)
Wealth
Lower	322 (22.41)	1,115 (77.59)	Chi^2 () =
Middle	135 (29.16)	328 (70.84)
Higher	392 (43.5)	550 (58.39)
Money
Not a problem	285 (35.80)	511 (64.2)	Chi^2 () =
Big problem	564 (27.58)	1,481 (72.42)

Significant, .