Table 5.

Determinants of seeking modern curative care (logistic regression results)

Independent variables	Odds ratio
	Ghana	Senegal	Mali
Individual characteristics
Self-perception of illness (base: not serious)
Serious	2.57***	1.38	2.21***
Very Serious	4.28***	1.89	3.00***
Under 5 years of age (base: 5 years and over)	1.14	1.57	1.32*
Female (base: male)	1.34	0.90	0.89
Household characteristics
Female headed household (base: male headed)	0.98	1.27	0.89
Level of education of head of household (base: none)
Primary	0.70	1.18	1.10
Secondary or higher	0.74	0.90	1.04
Occupation of head of household (base: none)
Agriculture	0.63	1.16	0.87
Other (Commerce/trade/ artisan/administration)	0.61	1.37	0.91
Household economic status (base: poorest 20%)
Middle-poor 20%	0.87	1.99*	1.26
Middle 20%	0.81	3.09***	1.44
Middle-rich 20%	1.73	1.94	1.79***
Richest 20%	1.53	4.33***	2.28***
Community characteristics
Urban (base: rural)	1.23	0.55*	1.98***
Availability of health facility in the community (base: no)		1.21	1.74***
MHO enrolment
Enrolled in MHO (base: not enrolled)	1.81**	0.90	1.48**
Number of cases	415	363	1701

*P < 0.10; **P < 0.05; ***P < 0.01.

Dependent variable: visit to modern provider for curative care when ill (yes = 1; no = 0).