Table 1.
The influence of socio-demographic characteristics on the utilization of public health facilities
| Total | Utilization of public health facilities | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | n (%) | Yes = n (%) | No = n (%) | p value |
| Location | 0.248 | |||
| Makina | 251(63.4) | 106(42.2) | 145(57.8) | |
| LainiSaba | 85(21.5) | 44(51.8) | 41(48.2) | |
| Gatwikira | 60(15.2) | 24(40.0) | 36(60.0) | |
| Age | 0.267 | |||
| < 20 years | 26(6.6) | 12(46.2) | 14(53.8) | |
| 20 - 34 years | 325(82.1) | 148(45.5) | 177(54.5) | |
| ≥ 35 years | 43(10.9) | 14(32.6) | 29(67.4) | |
| Religion | 0.242 | |||
| Christian | 301(77.2) | 138(45.8) | 163(54.2) | |
| Islam | 87(22.0) | 34(39.1) | 53(60.9) | |
| None | 2(0.5) | 0(0.0) | 2(100.0) | |
| Marital Status | 0.045 | |||
| Single | 86(21.7) | 42(48.8) | 44(51.2) | |
| Married | 291(73.5) | 118(40.5) | 173(59.5) | |
| Living together | 1(0.3) | 1(100.0) | 0(0.0) | |
| Divorced | 16(4.0) | 12(75.0) | 4(25.0) | |
| Widowed | 2(0.5) | 1(50.0) | 1(50.0) | |
| Number of children | 0.444 | |||
| 0 | 3(0.8) | 1(33.3) | 2(66.7) | |
| 1 | 121(30.7) | 60(49.6) | 61(50.4) | |
| 2 | 138(35.0) | 56(40.6) | 82(59.4) | |
| 3 | 80(20.3) | 30(37.5) | 50(62.5) | |
| 4 | 30(7.6) | 14(46.7) | 16(53.3) | |
| ≥ 5 | 22(5.6) | 12(54.5) | 10(45.5) | |
| Education level | 0.162 | |||
| Primary | 191(48.2) | 77(40.3) | 114(59.7) | |
| Secondary | 174(43.9) | 85(48.9) | 89(51.1) | |
| College | 27(6.8) | 9(33.3) | 18(66.7) | |
| University | 2(0.5) | 1(50.0) | 1(50.0) | |
| None | 2(0.5) | 2(100.0) | 0(0.0) | |
| Occupation | 0.227 | |||
| No work | 249(62.9) | 105(42.2) | 144(57.8) | |
| Farming | 2(0.5) | 2(100.0) | 0(0.0) | |
| Trading/Selling | 46(11.6) | 18(39.1) | 28(60.9) | |
| Office work | 12(3.0) | 7(58.3) | 5(41.7) | |
| Student | 2(0.5) | 0(0.0) | 2(100.0) | |
| Labourer/Casual worker | 85(21.5) | 42(49.4) | 43(50.6) | |
| Income | 0.795 | |||
| 0 - 5,000 | 74((18.7) | 36(48.6) | 38(51.4) | |
| 5,001 - 10,000 | 59(14.9) | 27(45.8) | 32(54.2) | |
| 10,001 - 20,000 | 6(1.5) | 3(50.0) | 3(50.0) | |
| 20,001 - 30,000 | 3(3) | 2(66.7) | 1(33.3) | |
| > 30,000 | 1(1) | 0(0.0) | 1(100.0) | |
| Refusetoanswer | 0(0.0) | 1(100.0) | ||
P < 0.05 = significant > 0.05 = not significant; p values derived from chi square tests