Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population (N = 1,604)

Median age (years) of primary caregiver/respondent (IQR)	28 (23, 35)
Median age (months) of child (IQR)	14 (7, 24)
Median household size (IQR)	6 (4, 8)
Median number of children less than 5 years old in the household (IQR)	2 (1, 2)
Educational background of caretaker/respondent
No education	308 (19.2%)
Primary level	908 (56.6%)
Secondary level	362 (22.6%)
Higher education	26 (1.6%)
Household head
Self (caretaker/respondent)	212 (13.2%)
Partner/husband	1,323 (82.5%)
Other male adult	52 (3.2%)
Other female adult	17 (1.1%)
Educational background of partner/husband (N = 1,568; some have no partner)
No education	138 (8.8%)
Primary level	809 (51.6%)
Secondary level	422 (26.9)
Higher education	72 (4.6%)
Do not know	127 (8.1%)
Occupation of partner/husband (N = 1,568)
Farmer	896 (57.1%)
Trader	91 (5.8%)
Civil servant	94 (6.0%)
Other office work	54 (3.4%)
Business man/self-used	346 (22.1%)
Unemployed	26 (1.7%)
Do not know	61 (3.9%)
Who makes the decision to seek medical treatment when a child is sick?
Mother	854 (53.2%)
Husband	312 (19.5%)
Mother and husband together	402 (25.1%)
Relatives/others	36 (2.2%)
Who authorizes expenditure for treatment of sick children in household?
Mother	163 (10.2%)
Husband	1,173 (73.1%)
Mother and husband together	220 (13.7%)
Relatives/others	48 (3%)
Ownership of house
Self-owned	1,394 (86.9%)
Rented	123 (7.7%)
Relative (pays no rent)	85 (5.3%)
Other	2 (0.1%)