Table 3.

The First Action Taken for a Sick Child (n = 256)

Action	Frequency	Percent
Bought medicine from shop	136	53.1
Took child to govt. hospital	68	26.6
Took child to private hospital	3	1.2
Took child to traditional healer	16	6.3
Other actions	4	1.6
Took no action	29	11.3
Total	256	100.0