Table 4.
Test of association with delayed time before seeking care and preferred place of care among the artisans
| Variables | Delayed time before seeking care (days) |
Preferred place of care |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 5 | ≥7 | P | Hospitals | Traditional/herbal | Pharmacy/patent medicine | P | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 65 (22.3) | 133 (45.5) | 94 (32.2) | 0.12 | 97 (59.9) | 25 (65.8) | 102 (56.7) | 0.23 |
| Female | 39 (44.3) | 27 (30.7) | 22 (25.0) | 65 (40.1) | 13 (34.2) | 78 (43.3) | ||
| Educational level | ||||||||
| Primary or less | 26 (53.1) | 11 (22.4) | 12 (24.5) | 0.61 | 32 (19.8) | 19 (50.0) | 67 (37.2) | 0.06 |
| Secondary | 103 (39.6) | 79 (30.4) | 78 (30.0) | 45 (27.8) | 13 (34.2) | 61 (33.9) | ||
| Tertiary | 27 (30.0) | 25 (35.2) | 17 (23.9) | 85 (52.4) | 6 (15.8) | 52 (28.9) | ||
| Monthly income (Naira) | ||||||||
| <15,000 | 74 (45.4) | 43 (26.4) | 46 (28.2) | 0.17 | 23 (14.2) | 15 (39.5) | 51 (28.3) | 0.03 |
| 15,000-24,999 | 47 (42.4) | 51 (45.9) | 13 (11.7) | 34 (20.9) | 10 (26.3) | 32 (17.8) | ||
| 25,000-34,999 | 18 (40.9) | 17 (38.6) | 9 (20.5) | 35 (21.7) | 6 (15.7) | 28 (15.6) | ||
| 35,000-44,999 | 15 (42.8) | 13 (37.1) | 7 (20.0) | 29 (17.9) | 5 (13.2) | 31 (17.2) | ||
| 50,000 and above | 11 (40.7) | 10 (37.0) | 6 (22.3) | 41 (25.3) | 2 (5.3) | 38 (21.1) | ||
| Distance to place of seeking care (km) | ||||||||
| 5 or less | 57 (24.5) | 85 (36.5) | 91 (39.0) | 0.01 | 73 (31.3) | 49 (21.0) | 111 (47.6) | 0.002 |
| 6-10 | 8 (44.4) | 5 (27.8) | 5 (27.8) | 10 (55.6) | 5 (27.8) | 3 (16.7) | ||
| >10 | 9 (42.8) | 7 (33.3) | 5 (23.8) | 12 (57.2) | 5 (23.8) | 4 (19.0) | ||