Table 2.

Proportion of children with febrile illness seeking care from different healthcare providers^*

Sociodemographic and illness characteristics	Children with fever who sought any care (No.)	Types of healthcare providers			Sought care from >1 provider for febrile illness %(95% CI)
	Trained % (95% CI)	Untrained % (95% CI)	Traditional % (95% CI)
All children	1,290	59 (55-63)	35 (32-39)	6 (4-7)	2 (2-3)
Age (years) of children
<1	224	64 (57-71)	25 (19-31)	11 (7-15)	3 (1-5)
1-<2	303	66 (60-72)	30 (24-36)	4 (1-6)	3 (1-5)
2-<3	239	59 (51-66)	36 (29-44)	5 (2-8)	1 (0.1-3)
3-<4	251	52 (45-58)	44 (38-51)	4 (1-7)	4 (1-6)
4-<5	273	54 (46-61)	41 (34-48)	6 (3-8)	2 (0.2-3)
Presence of decreased level of consciousness
Yes	34	85 (73-98)	9 (-0.01-18)	6 (2-13)	12 (0.01-24)
Sex
Male	695	62 (58-66)	33 (29-37)	5 (3-7)	3 (2-4)
Female	595	55 (50-60)	39 (34-43)	6 (4-8)	2 (1-3)
Education of mothers
No schooling and some primary	334	44 (37-51)	51 (45-57)	5 (3-8)	3 (1-5)
Finished primary and some secondary	493	56 (51-61)	39 (34-43)	6 (3-8)	3 (2-5)
Finished secondary	459	73 (68-77)	21 (17-25)	6 (4-9)	2 (0.3-3)
Education of fathers
No schooling and some primary	249	40 (33-48)	55 (48-63)	4 (2-7)	4 (2-7)
Finished primary and some secondary	406	52 (47-57)	41 (36-47)	6 (4-9)	3 (1-5)
Finished secondary	622	71 (67-75)	23 (19-27)	6 (4-8)	1 (1-2)
Socioeconomic status (by quintile)
First (poorest)	219	35 (26-43)	59 (51-68)	6 (2-10)	4 (1-7)
Second	266	48 (42-55)	45 (39-51)	6 (3-10)	2 (1-4)
Third	247	60 (53-66)	35 (29-41)	6 (3-9)	2 (1-4)
Fourth	267	65 (60-71)	30 (25-35)	5 (2-8)	3 (1-5)
Fifth (richest)	223	81 (75-86)	14 (10-19)	5 (2-8)	2 (0.1-3)

* The proportions and 95% confidence intervals have been corrected for the cluster design of the study