Table 1.
Health care-seeking behaviors of mothers for common childhood illness at urban and rural residence, Bure district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2013
| Variable | Urban | Rural | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | |
| Reported illness | |||
| Diarrhea | 113(41.3% | 234(42.3%) | 347(42%) |
| Fever | 103(37.6%) | 150(27.1%) | 253(30.6%) |
| ARI | 58(21.2%) | 169(30.6%) | 227(27.4%) |
| Health care seeking behavior | |||
| Home | 1(0.4%) | 30(5.4%) | 31(3.7%) |
| Traditional healers | 2(0.7%) | 17(3.1%) | 19(2.3%) |
| HC/Hospital | 219(80%) | 300(54.3%) | 519(62.8%) |
| Health post | 1(0.4%) | 104(18.8%) | 105(12.7%) |
| Private | 12(4.4%) | 20(3.6%) | 32(3.9%) |
| Not seek at all | 39(14%) | 82(14.8%) | 121(14.6%) |
| Health care seeking behavior at HF | |||
| No | 42(15.3%) | 129(23.3%) | 171(20.7%) |
| Yes | 232(84.6%) | 424(76.7%) | 656(79.3%) |
| Time of health seeking after onset of the illness | |||
| First day | 96(41.4%) | 80(19%) | 176(27%) |
| Between 1st and 2nd day | 85(36.6%) | 103(24.3%) | 188(28.6%) |
| Between 3rd and 4th day | 43(18.5%) | 181(42.7%) | 224(34%) |
| After 4th | 8(3.5%) | 60(14%) | 68(10.4%) |
| Reasons for not seeking health care | |||
| Perceived resolves by itself | 37(34%) | 64(66%) | 97(56.7%) |
| Lack of money | 13(31.7%) | 28(68.3%) | 41(24%) |
| Illness was not sever enough | 1(3.2%) | 30(96.8%) | 31(18%) |
| Did not trust by treatment | 2(11.1%) | 16(88.9%) | 18(10.5%) |
| Distance of HF | 2(22.2%) | 7(77.8%) | 9(5.3%) |