Table 2.

Identification of illness presented in the vignette

Illness identified as*	Overall sample, n=436	Urban sites, n=215	Rural sites, n=221	p Values†
Group 1: Respiratory illness	30.7	40.9	20.8	<0.001
Swine flu, H1N1 influenza or Pandemic flu	26.4	36.7	16.3	<0.001
Seasonal or common flu	1.6	1.9	1.4	0.721
Viral (fever/infection)	0.5	0.9	0.0	0.243
Common cold	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.000
Combinations of fever, chills, cough	1.4	0.5	2.3	0.216
Group 2: Other specified conditions	38.8	38.1	39.4	0.844
HIV/AIDS	3.2	2.8	3.6	0.787
Tuberculosis (TB)	9.6	10.2	9.0	0.746
Typhoid	3.4	1.9	5.0	0.113
Dengue	8.3	11.2	5.4	0.036
Malaria	5.3	4.7	5.9	0.670
Other	8.9	7.4	10.4	0.316
Group 3: Unable to specify	30.5	20.9	39.8	<0.001
Cannot say or undecided	30.5	20.9	39.8	<0.001

*Reported categories analysed as groups have been presented in italicised font.

†Fisher’s exact test used for cross-site comparison. Bold represents p≤0.05.