Table 2.

Multivariate logistic regression result on the association of predictor and outcome variables

Predictor variables	Adjusted Odds Ratio-AOR (95% CI)
	Treatment for Fever/Cough	Treatment for Diarrhea
Child’s age in months
< 6	2.777 [2.012–3.831]**	2.29 [0.68–7.72]
6–8	1.992 [1.425–2.785]**	3.56 [1.09–11.58]*
9–11	1.654 [1.172–2.334]**	4.96 [1.66–14.77]**
12–17	1.550 [1.161–2.070]**	3.43 [1.33–8.84]*
18–23	1.421 [1.047–1.927]*	1.89 [0.64–5.23]
24–35	1.586 [1.229–2.048]**	2.56 [0.97–6.72]
36–47	1.083 [0.830–1.412]	2.24 [0.82–6.10]
48–59 (ref)	1	1
Mother’s education
No education (ref)	1	1
Primary	0.873 [0.678–1.125]	0.625 [0.28–1.37]
Secondary	0.882 [0.679–1.147]	0.81 [0.36–1.88]
Higher	1.267 [0.868–1.852]	0.55 [0.15–1.98]
Mother’s occupation
No formal occupation (ref)	1	1
Professionals	0.811 [0.574–1 .146]	0.56 [0.21–1.51]
Agriculture	0.967 [0.761–1.230]	0.33 [0.10–1.05]
Others	0.966 [0.718–1.299]	0.58 [0.19–1.73]
Place of residence
Rural (ref)	1	1
Urban	1.559 [1.305–1.862]**	1.460 [0.810–2.634]
Wealth index
Poorest (ref)	1	1
Poor	1.150 [0.898–1.473]	0.70 [0.33–1.48]
Middle	1.290 [1.008–1.651]*	1.12 [0.53–2.37]
Richer	1.246 [0.961–1.615]	1.27 [0.59–2.71]
Richest	1.555 [1.157–2.089]	2.32 [1.04–5.24]*
Access to electronic media
Access (ref)	2.075 [1.181–3.646]*	0.75 [0.18–3.28]
No access	1	1
Number of children in the household
1–2	2.14 [1.19–3.84]*	3.37 [0.38–30.58]
3–5	2.28 [1.27–4.10]**	2.84 [0.31–25.71]
6 or above (ref)	1	1
Household size
1–4	0.904 [0.744–1.010]	0.70 [0.38–1.34]
5–6	0.853 [0.706–1.030]	0.76 [0.41–1.39]
Above 6 (ref)	1	1
Father’s highest education
No education (ref)	1	1
Primary	1.094 [0.881–1.357]	1.005 [0.54–2.01]
Secondary	1.224 [0.966–1.551]	1.098 [0.53–2.29]
Higher	1.425 [1.033–1.967]*	3.060 [1.05–9.03]*

** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05