Research Article

Awareness and Utilization of Affordable Medicine Facility-Malaria among Caregivers of Under-Five Children in Ibadan North-West Local Government Area, Oyo State

Table 3

Logistic regression on predictors of use of AMFm-ACTs.

VariableOR95% CI
lower
95% CI
upper
value

Occupation
 Trader (Ref.)1.000
 Artisan1.7780.8923.5440.102
 Civil servant1.8610.3212.3120.767
 Others1.2730.3244.9990.730
Source of drug
 Supermarket (Ref.)1.000
 Public facility2.0940.22319.6530.518
 Private clinic5.0380.57943.8260.143
 Pharmacy1.5470.22510.6440.657
 PPMV0.5050.0773.3250.478
Level of education
 None (Ref.)1.000
 Primary0.3860.0532.8020.347
 Secondary0.8440.1345.3380.857
 Postsecondary1.5020.20111.2150.692
Knowledge of symbol meaning
 Poor1.1780.5302.6160.688
 Good (Ref.) 1.000
Income
 Low socioeconomic status0.5270.2661.0430.066
 High socioeconomic status (Ref.)1.000
Awareness of AMFm-ACTs
 No0.0730.0320.1660.000*
 Yes (Ref.)1.000
Knowledge on symptoms malaria
 Good (Ref.)1.000
 Poor1.8170.7344.4980.196