Table 6.
Health-seeking behaviour of patients by education and affluence %
| South-eastern districts | North-eastern districts | |||||
| Years of schooling | ||||||
| None | 1–5 | >5 | None | 1–5 | >5 | |
| No treatment | 39.1 | 41.1 | 28.8 | 20.7 | 26.3 | 10.0 |
| Self-treatment | 12.8 | 7.5 | 15.3 | 10.3 | 13.2 | 25.0 |
| Drug store salespeople | 33.8 | 31.8 | 32.2 | 55.2 | 39.5 | 35.0 |
| Paraprofessionals | 4.5 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 10.0 |
| Professional allopaths (MBBS doctors) | 9.0 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 12.1 | 15.8 | 20.0 |
| Others | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| χ2 significance | ns | ns | ||||
| N | 133 | 107 | 59 | 58 | 38 | 20 |
| Household asset quintiles | ||||||
| South-eastern districts | North-eastern districts | |||||
| Poorest | 3rd Quin. | Least poor | Poorest | 3rd Quin. | Least poor | |
| No treatment | 47.2 | 30.6 | 27.6 | 29.2 | 28.6 | 16.0 |
| Self-treatment | 10.4 | 14.5 | 10.3 | 16.7 | 14.3 | 24.0 |
| Drug store salespeople | 26.4 | 30.6 | 37.9 | 37.5 | 52.4 | 36.0 |
| Paraprofessionals | 3.2 | 6.5 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Professional allopaths (MBBS doctors) | 11.2 | 12.9 | 17.2 | 12.5 | 4.8 | 24.0 |
| Others | 1.6 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| χ2 significance | ns | ns | ||||
| N | 125 | 62 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 25 |