Table 2. Health care-seeking behaviors of urban and rural households, Esera district, Southwest Ethiopia, 2015.
| Variable | Urban, n (%) | Rural, n (%) | Total, n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perceived morbidity | Yes | 105 (88.2) | 218 (84.5) | 323 (85.6) |
| No | 14 (11.8) | 40 (15.5) | 54 (14.4) | |
| Disease condition | Acute | 67 (63.8) | 109 (50) | 176 (54.5) |
| Chronic | 38 (36.2) | 109 (50) | 147 (45.5) | |
| Perceived severity | Yes | 78 (74.3) | 85 (39.2) | 163 (50.6) |
| No | 27 (25.7) | 132 (60.8) | 159 (49.4) | |
| Health care seeking behavior | Yes | 85 (81) | 107 (49.1) | 192 (59.4) |
| No | 20 (19) | 111 (50.9) | 131 (40.6) | |
| Facility where care sought | Health post | 0 | 21 (20.6) | 21 (10.9) |
| Health center | 39 (45.3) | 54 (50.5) | 93 (48.4) | |
| Hospital | 22 (25.6) | 7 (6.5) | 29 (15.1) | |
| Private clinics | 18 (20.9) | 13 (12.1) | 31 (16.2) | |
| Traditional healers | 7 (8.1) | 11 (10.3) | 18 (9.4) | |
| Time of health seeking | Immediately as illness started | 46 (54.1) | 48 (44.9) | 94 (48.9) |
| When it goes worse | 39 (45.9) | 59 (55.1) | 98 (51.1) | |
| Self-treatment practice | Yes | 42 (35.3) | 119 (46.1) | 161 (42.7) |
| No | 77 (64.7) | 139 (53.9) | 216 (57.3) | |
| Outcome of self-treatment | Successful | 25 (59.5) | 49 (41.2) | 74 (46.0) |
| Not successful | 17 (40.5) | 70 (58.8) | 87 (54.0) | |