Table 4.

Multinomial logit estimates on choices of healthcare providers among children.

Characteristics	Children (n = 428)
	Minor Illness		Somewhat Illness		Serious Illness
	OR (95%CI)	p-Value	OR (95%CI)	p-Value	OR (95%CI)	p-Value
	Category 1 vs. Category 2 (base) *
Age	1.151 (0.930,1.426)	0.197	1.212 (1.040,1.412)	0.014	1.323 (1.051,1.664)	0.017
Migrant (Ref: Not migrant)
Migrant	1.781 (0.945,3.357)	0.074	1.195 (0.752,1.898)	0.452	1.550 (0.758,3.169)	0.230
Annual per capita income	0.623 (0.397,0.979)	0.040	0.713 (0.522,0.974)	0.033	0.638 (0.398,1.024)	0.063
Household size (Ref: ≤4)
≥5	0.744 (0.403,1.373)	0.344	1.050 (0.665,1.657)	0.835	1.390 (0.690,2.800)	0.357
Nearest providers (Ref: Not tertiary)
Tertiary	0.274 (0.101,0.748)	0.012	0.421 (0.135,1.320)	0.138	0.476 (0.059,3.848)	0.486
Parents’ age	1.041 (1.000,1.083)	0.046	1.017 (0.991,1.044)	0.212	0.992 (0.955,1.031)	0.692
Parents’ education	1.115 (0.804,1.547)	0.514	1.028 (0.812,1.302)	0.818	0.800 (0.561,1.141)	0.218
	Category 3 vs. Category 2 (base) *
Age	1.064 (0.597,1.900)	0.832	1.057 (0.816,1.369)	0.676	1.109 (0.947,1.300)	0.200
Migrant (Ref: Not migrant)
Migrant	4.185 (0.827,21.168)	0.083	1.541 (0.722,3.290)	0.263	1.010 (0.631,1.619)	0.966
Annual per capita income	6.697 (0.823,54.470)	0.075	1.505 (0.858,2.642)	0.154	1.254 (0.903,1.743)	0.177
Household size (Ref: ≤4)
≥5	0.265 (0.045,1.571)	0.144	1.426 (0.674,3.018)	0.353	1.582 (0.992,2.522)	0.054
Nearest providers (Ref: Not tertiary)
Tertiary	1.178 (0.110,12.609)	0.892	0.862 (0.185,4.017)	0.850	1.492 (0.582,3.826)	0.405
Parents’ age	1.113 (1.007,1.231)	0.036	1.032 (0.986,1.081)	0.180	1.023 (0.994,1.052)	0.116
Parents’ education	1.614 (0.628,4.152)	0.320	1.415 (0.925,2.165)	0.109	1.500 (1.160,1.941)	0.002

* category 1: Primary and secondary facilities inside the county; category 2: Tertiary facilities inside the county; category 3: Tertiary facilities outside the county.