Table 3.

Correlates of delay (> 2 days) in treatment-seeking for febrile illness among the people (community-based survey) of malaria-endemic areas of Assam, Northeast India

Characteristics	N	Delay (%)	Unadjusted OR (95% C.I.)	Adjusted OR (95% C.I.)
District
Golaghat	995	61.2	1	1
Tinsukia	994	70.4	1.51f (1.25–1.82)	2.13f (1.73–2.68)
Age group (year)
< 20	1080	63.4	1	1
20–40	525	66.7	1.16 (0.93–1.44)	0.85 (0.60–1.20)
> 40	383	71.5	1.45f (1.13–1.87)	1.15 (0.75–1.75)
Gender
Female	1171	67.6	1.22e (1.01–1.47)	0.85 (0.65–1.11)
Male	818	63.2	1	1
Religion
Hindu	1841	66.6	1.56e (1.11–2.19)	1.99f (1.36–2.92)
Others	148	56.1	1	1
Monthly family income (INR)
< 5000	1772	67.2	1.68f (1.27–2.24)	1.18 (0.86–1.62)
≥ 5000	217	54.8	1	1
Type of work
Not working	528	51.9	1	1
Agriculture	774	79.6	3.61f (2.83–4.61)	2.58f (1.97–3.37)
Non-agriculture	687	61.0	1.45f (1.15–1.82)	1.54f (1.20–1.96)
Place of residence
Rural	1750	68.0	2.14f (1.63–2.82)	1.52e (1.11–2.09)
Urban	239	49.8	1	1
Distance to health centre (km)
≤ 5	1565	61.5	1	1
> 5	424	81.6	2.77f (2.13–3.62)	1.93f (1.44–2.61)
Type of hospital
Government	1303	72.6	2.36f (1.94–2.86)	2.41f (1.92–3.03)
Private	686	52.9	1	1
Interaction terms
Age 20–40 years*Males				1.71e (1.06–2.75)
Total	1989	65.8	–	–

Note: OR odds ratio, C.I. confidence interval, INR Indian rupees; e = p < 0.05; f = p < 0.01