Table 3.
Factors affecting treatment-seeking choices
| Year | Hospital | Drug shop | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Estimate | P-value | Term | Estimate | P-value | |
| 2004 | Site (Iguhu and Kombewa—Marani) | 0.62 | < 0.0001 | Site (Iguhu—Kombewa and Marani) | 0.23 | 0.0370 |
| Site (Iguhu—Kombewa) | 0.27 | 0.0294 | Number of children aged 0–4 years | −0.19 | 0.0271 | |
| Education (none and primary—other) | 0.27 | 0.0027 | Distance to hospital (km) | 0.22 | 0.0203 | |
| Number of children aged 0–4 years | 0.40 | < 0.0001 | – | – | – | |
| 2010 | Site (Marani—Iguhu and Kombewa) | −1.38 | < 0.0001 | Site (Marani and Iguhu—Kombewa) | −2.23 | < 0.0001 |
| Site (Kombewa—Iguhu) | −0.39 | 0.0036 | Distance to major road (km) | 0.64 | 0.0003 | |
| Occupation (farmer—others) | −0.31 | 0.0189 | Wealth index | 0.22 | 0.0173 | |
| Household population | −0.18 | 0.0005 | – | – | – | |
| 2016 | Site (Iguhu—Emakakha) | −0.28 | 0.0075 | Site (Iguhu—Emakakha) | 0.27 | 0.0255 |
| Household population | −0.12 | 0.0442 | Household population | 0.24 | 0.0012 | |
| – | – | Distance to hospital (km) | 0.17 | 0.0176 | ||
Significant variables were selected using stepwise logistic regression analysis (P < 0.05). Only significant variables are shown.