Table 3.
Description of variables
| Description of Variable | Mean | Standard deviation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facilities Characteristics | |||
| No Care | The respondent receives no care. | 5.66 | 3.18 |
| Hospital | The respondents sought for care in the hospital | 4.22 | 3.30 |
| Health post | The respondents sought for care from a health post | 3.40 | 3.06 |
| Pharmacist | The respondents sought for care from chemist/pharmacist shop | 4.07 | 3.223 |
| Traditional | The respondents sought for carefrom traditional healthcare facilities | 4.785 | 3.80 |
| Consultation Fees | Amount paid for consultation in Naira | 370.75 | 720.08 |
| Transportation cost | Amount paid on transportation from respondent’s house to the place where health care was sought | 162.49 | 490.71 |
| Consultation Time | Waiting time before being attended to at the facility | 4.40 | 10.85 |
| Individual Characteristics | |||
| Male | 1 if the respondent is male | 4.152 | 3.40 |
| Age | age in years | 40.25 | 12.22 |
| Age2 | Age in years squared divided by 100 | 16.25 | 5.11 |
| Mot_no educ | The mother has no formal education | 3.09 | 2.92 |
| Mot_pry_educ | The mother head highest educational attainment is primary education | 4.12 | 3.31 |
| Mot_sec_educ | The mother highest educational attainment is secondary education | 5.32 | 4.21 |
| Mot_psec_educ | The mother highest educational attainment is post secondary education | 5.94 | 4.33 |
| fat_no educ | The father has no formal education | 3.21 | 2.93 |
| fat_pry_educ | The father head highest educational attainment is primary education | 3.43 | 3.02 |
| fat_sec_edua | The father highest educational attainment is secondary education | 4.95 | 3.41 |
| fat_psec_educ | The father highest educational attainment is post secondary education | 4.32 | 3.03 |
| Household Characteristics | |||
| Household size | Number of people in the household | 6.77 | 2.98 |
| Log of PC H/h Expenditure | Log of per capita household expenditure | 3.358 | 3.12 |
| Sqd log of PC H/h Exp. | Squared log of per capita household expenditure | 0.517 | 0.123 |
| Monogamous | Married and in a monogamous household | 0 | 0 |
| Polygamous | Married and in a polygamous household | 0 | 0 |
| Divorced/Separated/widowed | |||
| Disease Characteristics | |||
| Days activities stop due to illness | Number of days activities stopped due to illness | 4.71 | 3.18 |
| Injury | Number of days activities stopped due to injury | 4.58 | 3.28 |
| Both injury and illness | Number of days activities stopped due to illness and injury | 9.23 | 3.98 |
| Community Characteristics | |||
| Urban | 1 if household residence location is urban | 4.614 | 3.02 |
| North east | 1 if household’s location is North east | 3.76 | 3.12 |
| North West | 1 if household’s location is North west | 3.40 | 3.14 |
| North Central | 1 if household’s location is North Central | 4.24 | 3.02 |
| South East | 1 if household’s location is South east | 6.722 | 3.47 |
| South West | 1 if household’s location is South west | 6.4 | 3.38 |
| South South | 1 if household’s location is South South | 6.19 | 3.23 |