Table 6.
SES differences in perceptions of ease of receiving treatment for malaria from providers
| Inyi | Udi | Oji | Nachi | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Traditional healer | ||||
| Q1: most poor | 42 (29) | 34 (33) | 14 (21) | 109 (35) |
| Q2:average | 58 (39) | 40 (39) | 27 (40) | 104 (33) |
| Q3: least poor | 47 (32) | 29 (28) | 26 (39) | 98 (32) |
| Chi square (p-value) | 4.6 (0.1) | 2.4 (0.3) | 6.0 (.051) | 8.6 (0.01) |
| Concentration index | 0.02 | -0.03 | 0.13 | -0.10 |
| Private hospital | ||||
| Q1: most poor | 66 (31) | 67 (33) | 35 (19) | 20 (25) |
| Q2:average | 75 (35) | 64 (32) | 82 (43) | 26 (32) |
| Q3: least poor | 74 (34) | 72 (35) | 72 (38) | 35 (43) |
| Chi square (p-value) | 1.8 (0.4) | 1.5 (0.5) | 42.7 (.0001) | 6.2 (0.04) |
| Concentration index | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.07 |
| Public hospital | ||||
| Q1: most poor | 27 (27) | 53 (30) | 54 (23) | 6 (30) |
| Q2:average | 43 (43) | 63 (36) | 95 (40) | 6 (30) |
| Q3: least poor | 29 (29) | 59 (34) | 88 (37) | 8 (40) |
| Chi square (p-value) | 6.3 (0.04) | 1.9 (0.4) | 39.1 (.0001) | 0.5 (0.8) |
| Concentration index | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
| Patent medicine dealers | ||||
| Q1: most poor | 82 (32) | 100 (34) | 57 (25) | 96 (32) |
| Q2:average | 89 (34) | 97 (33) | 84 (37) | 101 (34) |
| Q3: least poor | 88 (34) | 98 (33) | 85 (38) | 100 (34) |
| Chi square (p-value) | 1.3 (0.5) | 0.5 (0.8) | 20.7 (.0001) | 3.4 (0.2) |
| Concentration index | 0.02 | -0.01 | 0.17 | 0.02 |
| Community-health workers | ||||
| Q1: most poor | 36 (26) | 8 (32) | 11 (25) | 28 (35) |
| Q2:average | 51 (37) | 6 (24) | 18 (41) | 30 (38) |
| Q3: least poor | 51 (37) | 11 (44) | 15 (34) | 21 (27) |
| Chi square (p-value) | 5.5 (0.07) | 1.7 (0.4) | 1.8 (0.40) | 2.0 (0.4) |
| Concentration index | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.07 | -0.04 |
| Health centre | ||||
| Q1: most poor | 38 (28) | 39 (34) | 26 (44) | 55 (55) |
| Q2:average | 47 (34) | 41 (35) | 15 (25) | 28 (28) |
| Q3: least poor | 52 (38) | 36 (31) | 18 (31) | 17 (17) |
| Chi square (p-value) | 3.8 (0.2) | 0.4 (0.8) | 4.0 (0.14) | 31.7 (0.01) |
| Concentration index | 0.06 | -0.02 | -0.08 | -0.25 |