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 2

Multivariable analysis of factors associated with health seeking behavior of caretakers for their child with common childhood illness in children under the age of five in Ethiopia (from EDHS data 2011).

	Sought formal care	Did not seek formal care	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Age of the child in months
0, 11	187 (27.79)	486 (72.21)	1	1
12, 23	231 (32.17)	487 (67.83)	1.3 (0.9, 1.8)	1.3 (0.9, 1.9)
24, 59	423 (29.83)	995 (70.17)	1.2 (0.8, 1.6)	1.1 (0.8, 1.6)
Sex of the child
Male	448 (30.46)	1,023 (69.54)	1	1
Female	401 (29.25)	970 (70.75)	0.9 (0.7, 1.2)	0.9 (0.7, 1.2)
Birth order of the child
First	210 (41.67)	294 (58.33)	1	1
2, 3	282 (31.02)	627 (68.98)	0.7 (0.5, 1.1)	0.8 (0.6, 1.3)
4, 6	255 (27.39)	676 (72.61)	0.7 (0.5, 1)	0.9 (0.6, 1.4)
≥7	102 (20.48)	396 (79.52)	0.3 (0.2, 0.5)	0.5 (0.3, 1)
Residence
Urban	223 (50.23)	221 (49.77)	1	1
Rural	626 (26.11)	1772 (73.89)	0.4 (0.3, 0.7)	0.8 (0.4, 1.3)
Maternal education
No education	497 (25.49)	1,453 (74.51)	1	1
Primary	274 (35.96)	488 (64.04)	1.5 (1.1, 2)	1.1 (0.8, 1.5)
Secondary and higher	78 (60)	52 (40)	4.2 (2.4, 7.3)	1.6 (0.6, 4)
Paternal education
Not educated	328 (23.53)	1,066 (76.47)	1	1
Primary	347 (32.16)	732 (67.84)	1.3 (0.9, 1.7)	0.9 (0.7, 1.3)
Secondary	89 (48.63)	94 (51.37)	2.5 (1.4, 4.4)	1.3 (0.7, 2.5)
Higher	62 (50.41)	61 (49.59)	3.3 (1.8, 6)	1.4 (0.6, 3.1)
Wealth
Lower	322 (22.41)	1,115 (77.59)	1	1
Middle	135 (29.16)	328 (70.84)	1.5 (1.1, 2.2)	1.5 (1, 2.1)
Higher	392 (41.61)	550 (58.39)	2.2 (1.6, 3)	1.6 (1.1, 2.4)
Maternal age
15, 24	234 (34.21)	450 (65.79)	1	1
25, 29	285 (31.67)	615 (68.33)	0.8 (0.6, 1.2)	0.9 (0.6, 1.3)
30, 34	176 (30.34)	404 (69.66)	0.8 (0.6, 1.2)	1.1 (0.6, 1.7)
35, 49	154 (22.71)	524 (77.29)	0.5 (04, 0.7)	0.8 (0.5, 1.3)
Transport
Not a problem	244 (39.61)	372 (60.39)	1	1
Big problem	605 (27.19)	1,620 (72.81)	0.7 (0.5, 0.9)	1 (0.7, 1.4)
Watching TV
Not at all	544 (26.81)	1,485 (73.19)	1	1
Less than once a week	166 (30.97)	370 (69)	1.5 (1.1, 2.2)	1.2 (0.9, 1.8)
At least once a week	137 (49.82)	138 (50.18)	2.1 (1.3, 3.2)	1 (0.6, 1.7)
Listening to the radio
Not at all	431 (27)	1,166 (73)	1	1
Less than once a week	234 (30)	547 (70)	1.1 (0.8, 1.5)	0.9 (0.7, 1.2)
At least once a week	183 (39.52)	280 (60.48)	1.9 (1.3, 2.7)	1.5 (1, 2.1)
Reading news
Not at all	740 (28.2)	1,884 (71.8)	1	1
Less than once a week	84 (49.41)	86 (50.59)	2.7 (1.8, 4.3)	1.5 (0.9, 2.7)
At least once a week	24 (52.17)	22 (47.83)	1.8 (0.8, 4.2)	0.4 (0.1, 1.3)

Significant, .