Table 6.

Logistic regression results of the impact of measles SIAs on care-seeking for child fever, diarrhoea and cough: pooled analysis of DHS and MICS data

	Fever		Diarrhoea		Cough
	Unadjusted	Adjusted	Unadjusted	Adjusted	Unadjusted	Adjusted
SIA	0.97 (0.87–1.08)	0.97 (0.87 to 1.08)	1.10 (0.94 to 1.29)	1.09 (0.93 to 1.28)	0.80 (0.59 to 1.09)	0.67* (0.48 to 0.95)
Urban		1.33** (1.24 to 1.44)		1.17** (1.06 to 1.30)		2.02** (1.42 to 2.87)
Child’s age		0.94** (0.92 to 0.95)		0.96** (0.93 to 0.98)		0.94 (0.87 to 1.01)
No education		Reference		Reference		Reference
Primary education		1.22** (1.14 to 1.31)		1.22** (1.09 to 1.35)		1.03 (0.78 to 1.36)
Secondary or higher education		1.56** (1.44 to 1.69)		1.36** (1.20 to 1.54)		1.03 (0.76 to 1.39)
First wealth quintile (poorest)		Reference		Reference		Reference
Second wealth quintile		1.17** (1.09 to 1.25)		1.05 (0.95 to 1.16)		0.80 (0.59 to 1.10)
Third wealth quintile		1.32** (1.23 to 1.43)		1.08 (0.97 to 1.21)		1.04 (0.75 to 1.45)
Fourth wealth quintile		1.35** (1.24 to 1.48)		1.16* (1.01 to 1.33)		1.20 (0.88 to 1.65)
Fifth wealth quintile (richest)		1.56** (1.40 to 1.74)		1.10 (0.94 to 1.30)		1.15 (0.78 to 1.69)
Observations	37 847	37 791	16 739	16 739	3050	2883

*P< 0.05, **P<0.01.

Binary dependent variable equal to 1 if the mother sought care at a facility if the child was ill in the two weeks prior to the survey with each symptom, 0 otherwise. ORs and 95% CIs in parentheses. Pooled analysis of DHS and MICS data. Unadjusted models include month and survey fixed effects. Adjusted models include individual-level covariates, as well as month and survey fixed effects. Questions regarding care-seeking behaviour for fever are asked in both MICS and DHS surveys, while questions regarding diarrhoea are only asked in DHS surveys and questions related to care-seeking behaviour for cough are only asked in MICS surveys.

DHS, Demographic and Health Surveys; MICS, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys; SIA, supplementary immunisation activity.