Table 6.
Treatment seeking behaviour in relation to some sociodemographic, obstetric, and behavioural factors in urban and rural area.
| Characteristics | Urban (n = 91) | Rural (n = 90) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sought treatment n (%) | Total symptomatic respondents n (%) | P value | Sought treatment n (%) | Total symptomatic respondents n (%) | P value | |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–25 | 19 (65) | 29 (32) | 0.001 | 6 (18.8) | 32 (36) | 0.000 |
| 26–35 | 40 (75) | 53 (58) | 28 (58.3) | 48 (53) | ||
| 36–45 | 7 (78) | 9 (10) | 7 (70) | 10 (11) | ||
| Education | ||||||
| Illiterate | 16 (59.3) | 27 (30) | 0.003 | 10 (37) | 27 (30) | 0.04 |
| Up to high school | 35 (78) | 45 (50) | 22 (48.9) | 45 (50) | ||
| Post-high school | 15 (83.3) | 18 (20) | 9 (50) | 18 (20) | ||
| Occupation | ||||||
| Working | 4 (67) | 6 (7) | 0.120 | 5 (71) | 7 (8) | 0.04 |
| Housewife | 62 (73) | 85 (93) | 35 (42) | 83 (92) | ||
| Monthly income per capita | ||||||
| Up to 1000 | 21 (70) | 30 (33) | 0.085 | 11 (40) | 28 (31) | 0.074 |
| 1001–2000 | 14 (67) | 21 (23) | 12 (43) | 28 (31) | ||
| 2001 or more | 31 (78) | 40 (44) | 16 (47) | 34 (38) | ||
| Contraception usage | ||||||
| Yes | 50 (79.4) | 63 (69) | 0.001 | 21 (53.8) | 39 (43) | 0.041 |
| No | 16 (57.1) | 28 (31) | 20 (39.2) | 51 (57) | ||