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. 2023 Oct 5;17:47. doi: 10.1186/s13031-023-00545-6

Table 3.

The cross tabulation of childhood illness and treatment seeking by area of residence and PNC attendance during the Tigray war from November 2020 to June 2021

Variable Residence (P-value) PNC attendance P-value
Rural (%) Urban (%) Yes No
Childhood illnesses
Diarrhea (n = 4381)
Yes 878(78.9) 235(21.1) < 0.001* 238(21.4) 875(78.6) < 0.001*
No 2019(61.8) 1249(38.2) 995(30.4) 2273(69.6)
Fever (n = 4381)
Yes 1003(71.7) 395(28.3) < 0.001* 317(22.7) 1081(77.3) < 0.001*
No 1894(63.5) 1089(36.5) 916(30.7) 2067(69.3
Cough (n = 4381) (n = 4,128)
Yes 1218(67.0) 599(33.0) 0.150 489(26.9) 1328(73.1) 0.068
No 1679(65.5) 885(34.5) 744(29.0) 1820(71.0)
Seeking Treatment
Diarrhea (n = 1,113)
No 649(73.9) 97(41.3) < 0.001* 116(48.7) 630(72.0) < 0.001*
Yes 229(26.1) 138(58.7) 122 (51.3) 245(28.0)
Fever (n = 1,398)
No 745(74.4) 147(37.1) < 0.001* 142(44.8) 750(69.4) < 0.001*
Yes 257(25.6) 249(62.9) 175(55.2) 331(30.6)
Cough (n = 1,817)
No 749(61.5) 408(68.1) 0.06 326(66.7) 831(62.6) 0.111
Yes 469(38.5) 191(31.9) 163(33.3) 497(37.4)

* Statistically significant at P value 0.001PNC = Postnatal care