Table 3.

Meta regression analysis for year of study and sample size as reason of heterogeneity on proportion of health care seeking behavior from health facilities, not seeking health care from any sources and seeking health care from inappropriate sources

Predictive Variable	Health care seeking behavior from Health Facilities				Not seeking health care from any sources				seeking health care from inappropriate sources
	Unadjusted model		Adjusted model		Unadjusted model		Adjusted model		Unadjusted model		Adjusted model
	β(95%CI)	P value	β(95%CI)	P value	β(95%CI)	P value	β(95%CI)	P value	β(95%CI)	P value	β(95%CI)	P value
Year of study	14.8(− 152—122.4)	0.75	13(− 68.3—94.8)	0.557	− 33.81(− 152— -4.5)	0.035	−33.6(− 85.9—18.6)	0.109	10.05(− 44.23—64.3)	0.59	−20.38(−26.22—7)	0.2
Sample size	0.68 (0.19—1.17)	0.021	0.7 (0.054—1.5)	0.057	0.12(−0.49—0.74)	0.568	0.0045 (0.496—0.5)	0.97	0.19(−0.22—0.61)	0.23	0.26(−0.18—0.7)	0.12