Table 4.

Univariate and multivariate determinants of prompt and adequate care

Variable	Variable group	Univariate OR (95 % CI), p value	Multivariate OR (95 % CI), p value
Sex	Female	1.303 (0.759–2.238), p = 0.337
Age of HoH	–	0.992 (0.975–1.009), p = 0.363
Marital status	Not married/divorced	1.548 (0.928–2.583), p = 0.094
Education of HoH	–	1.104 (0.819–1.489), p = 0.517
Family size	–	0.968 (0.860–1.089), p = 0.587
Occupation	Non-farmer	0.586 (0.253–1.360), p = 0.213
Own a house	No	1.250 (0.671–2.331), p = 0.482
Own a piece of land	No	1.311 (0.714–2.408), p = 0.382
Reported LLIN use	No	1.776 (1.062–2.969), p = 0.029	1.455 (0.844–2.510), p = 0.178
Health insurance ownership	No	3.342 (1.491–7.492), p = 0.003	2.410 (1.026–5.660), p = 0.044
Ability to pay medical services	No	2.016 (1.211–3.355), p = 0.007	1.623 (0.947–2.780), p = 0.078
Difficulties in accessing medical services	Yes	0.692 (0.425–1.127), p = 0.139
Knowledge on malaria cause	Not reported either female Anopheles mosquito or mosquito bite	0.724 (0.408–1.287), p = 0.271
Knowledge on malaria symptoms	Less than three symptoms	1.735 (1.069–2.817), p = 0.026	1.654 (1.003–2.729), p = 0.049
Knowledge on malaria prevention measures	Not reported IRS and LLINs	0.916 (0.508–1.652), p = 0.771
TPB—attitude		2.350 (1.012–5.454), p = 0.047	1.433 (0.551–3.727), p = 0.461
TPB—subjective norms		3.267 (1.322–8.073), p = 0.010	1.691 (0.609–4.696), p = 0.313
TPB—perceived behavioural control		7.500 (1.649–34.117), p = 0.009	5.068 (1.062–24.170), p = 0.042

Italic values are significant at p < 0.05 level