Table 3.

participants’ health problems and care-seeking

Health problem	Had problems n = 1,117			Gender				Sought care		Received care		Location of care
STIs symptoms		n	%	F	%	M	%	n	%	n	%	Within	%	Outside	%
	Yes	605	54.2	382	63.1	223	36.9	420	69.4	408	97.1	320	78.4	136	22.6
	No	512	45.8
Malaria/febrile illness
	Yes	418	37.4	223	53.4	195	46.6	397	95.0	396	99.7	302	76.3	113	28.5
	No	699	62.6
Cough/difficult breathing
	Yes	253	22.6	143	56.5	110	43.5	224	88.5	221	98.7	192	86.9	35	15.8
	No	864	77.4
Diarrhea/stomach pain
	Yes	96	8.6	38	39.6	58	60.4	81	89.0	79	97.5	65	82.3	18	22.8
	No	1,021	91.4
Dyspareunia
	Yes	65	5.8	54	83.1	11	16.9	43	66.2	39	90.7	29	74.4	10	25.6
	No	1052	94.2
Pregnancy complications
	Yes	16	2.4	16	100	0	0	14	87.5	14	100	8	57.1	7	50.0
	No	585	97.6
	N/A	516
HIV/AIDS
	Yes	22	2	11	50	11	50	19	86.4	18	94.7	2	11.1	16	88.9
	No	1,095	98
Other problems
	Yes	277	24.8	140	50.5	137	49.5	231	83.4	224	97.0	159	71	87	38.8
	No	840	75.2