Table 4.
Bivariate analyses, by country, of factors associated with reasons for delays among those who delayed care-seeking using chi-square tests
| Burkina Faso (n = 114) | Ghana (n = 168) | Sierra Leone (n = 64) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost (%) | p value | Concern (%) | p value | Cost (%) | p value | Concern (%) | p value | Cost (%) | p value | Concern (%) | p value | |
| Total | 11.5 | 85.3 | 27.8 | 63.7 | 45.8 | 56.6 | ||||||
| Male/Female | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.70 | 0.23 | ||||||
| Male | 7.7 | 81.2 | 35.4 | 56.0 | 42.5 | 46.0 | ||||||
| Female | 13.1 | 86.9 | 21.9 | 69.7 | 48.6 | 65.6 | ||||||
| Location | 0.98 | 0.35 | 0.97 | 0.89 | 0.43 | 0.36 | ||||||
| Urban | 11.4 | 88.2 | 27.6 | 64.8 | 43.2 | 59.7 | ||||||
| Non-Urban | 11.7 | 81.0 | 27.8 | 63.5 | 63.5 | 36.5 | ||||||
| Highest level of education completed | 0.15 | 0.34 | 0.15 | 0.39 | 0.32 | 0.56 | ||||||
| Less than secondary | 19.7 | 84.1 | 35.6 | 56.8 | 43.9 | 47.4 | ||||||
| Secondary or vocational | 13.1 | 78.7 | 30.8 | 64.3 | 30.5 | 61.0 | ||||||
| Post-secondary | 3.3 | 91.6 | 18.5 | 70.7 | 60.5 | 65.6 | ||||||
| Food insecuritya | 0.11 | 0.99 | 0.02* | 0.35 | 0.0001** | 0.30 | ||||||
| No | 3.5 | 85.3 | 16.7 | 68.8 | 4.4 | 74.0 | ||||||
| Yes | 14.7 | 85.3 | 35.3 | 60.3 | 51.5 | 54.3 | ||||||
*p < 0.05
**p < 0.01
aSmaller portions, reducing number of meals, or unable to buy food