Danger Signs of Childhood Pneumonia: Caregiver Awareness and Care Seeking Behavior in a Developing Country

Table 1

Descriptive summary of study respondents.

Variables	(%)
Maternal age (years)
20–30	158 (35.6)
31–40	120 (27.0)
>40	166 (37.4)
Maternal educational attainment
Tertiary	76 (16.5)
Secondary	107 (23.2)
Primary	142 (20.5)
None	136 (29.2)
Ever heard of pneumonia
Yes	440 (94.8)
No	24 (5.2)
Socioeconomic class
Upper	103 (22.1)
Middle	83 (17.8)
Lower	280 (60.1)
Number of living children
None	14 (3.3)
1–4	246 (57.7)
>4	166 (39.0)
Knowledge of WHO/UNICEF danger sign
None	162 (34.8)
At least 1	304 (65.2)
Experiences of pneumonia danger signs in child
Yes	232 (49.8)
No	180 (38.6)
Do not know	54 (11.6)
Age of child at experience of danger sign
<1 yrs	118 (55.9)
1-2 yrs	81 (38.4)
3–5 yrs	12 (5.7)