Table 4. Public facilities as the first option of care for fever and/or cough versus background characteristics.
| Background characteristic | PHC facilitiesn = 991% (CI) | AOR2 | Higher level hospitalsn = 125% (CI) | AOR2 |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 34.5 (26.8–43.1) | Ref | 18.5 (11.5–28.4) | Ref |
| Rural | 61.2 (56.0–66.2) | 3.1 (1.8–5.5)* | 2.6 (1.7–4.0) | 0.1 (0.04.–0.5)* |
| Child Age | ||||
| 0–11 months | 55.4 (47.5–63.1) | Ref | 6.6 (4.0–10.8) | Ref |
| 12–23 months | 56.7 (50.1–63.1) | 1.0 (0.8–1.5) | 8.0 (5.0–12.4) | (0.6–2.4) |
| 24+ months | 52.1 (46.4–57.7) | 0.8 (0.6–1.1) | 6.0 (3.8–9.4) | 0.9 (0.5–1.6) |
| Child sex | ||||
| Male | 53.0 (47.3–58.6) | Ref | 7.3 (5.0–10.5) | Ref |
| Female | 55.1 (49.7–60.5) | 1.1 (0.9–1.5) | 6.4 (4.0–10.2) | 0.8 (0.5–1.2) |
| Caretakers’ Age | ||||
| 15–18 yrs | 72.5 (54.0–85.5) | Ref | 6.7 (1.9–20.8) | Ref |
| 19–35 yrs | 52.2 (47.0–57.3) | 0.5 (0.2–1.2) | 6.5 (4.4–9.4) | (0.3–3.7) |
| 36–49 yrs | 58.9 (51.0–66.3) | 0.5 (0.2–1.3) | 8.5 (5.2–13.7) | 2.1 (0.5–8.4) |
| SES 1 | ||||
| Lower | 61.0 (54.6–67.0) | Ref | 3.4 (1.4 –8.0) | Ref |
| Middle | 58.0 (49.9–65.8) | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) | 2.3 (1.1–4.8) | 0.8 (0.4–1.5) |
| Higher | 45.5 (38.6–52.5) | 0.8 (0.5–1.4) | 12.5 (8.6–17.7) | 0.7 (0.2–2.8) |
| Caretakers’ Education | ||||
| No education | 56.8 (48.8–64.5) | Ref | 2.3 (1.1–4.8) | Ref |
| Primary | 54.4 (49.0–59.7) | 0.9 (0.7–1.3) | 7.5 (5.2–10.8) | 2.5 (1.3–4.9)* |
| Secondary or higher | 44.8 (35.6–54.4) | 1.0 (0.6–1.6) | 12.5 (6.4–23.2) | 2.0 (0.7–5.6) |
| Number of children below five years | ||||
| 1 child | 58.7 (53.3–63.9) | Ref | 8.8 (6.0–12.6) | Ref |
| 2 children | 50.8 (43.9–57.6) | 0.6 (0.4–0.8)* | 5.5 (3.1–9.8) | 0.8 (0.4–1.5) |
| 3+ children | 46.6 (35.1–58.4) | 0.4 (0.3–0.7)* | 3.4 (0.9–11.7) | 0.7 (0.2–2.8) |
*
Significant findings.
1
Socio-economic status.
2
Adjusted Odds Ratio for residence, SES, Education and number of living children below five years.