Table 4. Description of care-seeking behaviour, according to age and sex.
| Child’s sex * | Child’s age | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male
(n=74) |
Female
(n=96) |
p | 1-11 months
(n=124) |
12-59 months
(n=47) |
p | ||
| Caregiver recognised
pneumonia |
No | 33 (45%) | 40 (42%) | 0.639 | 44 (39%) | 25 (53%) | 0.087 |
| Yes | 41 (55%) | 56 (58%) | 76 (61%) | 22 (47%) | |||
| Location of first
seeking care |
None | 7 (9%) | 7 (7%) | 0.986 ^ | 14 (11%) | - | 0.069 ^ |
| Hospital | 35 (47%) | 45 (47%) | 58 (47%) | 23 (49%) | |||
| Health centre | 20 (27%) | 31 (32%) | 33 (27%) | 18 (38%) | |||
| Community health
worker |
3 (4%) | 2 (2%) | 3 (2%) | 2 (4%) | |||
| Private clinic | 2 (3%) | 3 (3%) | 4 (3%) | 1 (2%) | |||
| Traditional | 3 (4%) | 3 (3%) | 6 (5%) | - | |||
| Unknown | 4 (5%) | 5 (5%) | 6 (5%) | 3 (6%) | |||
| Location of death | Home | 25 (34%) | 39 (41%) | 0.634 ^ | 53 (43%) | 11 (23%) | 0.028 ^ |
| Health centre or
private clinic |
4 (5%) | 8 (8%) | 7 (6%) | 5 (11%) | |||
| Hospital | 34 (46%) | 38 (40%) | 46 (37%) | 27 (57%) | |||
| In transit | 11 (15%) | 11 (11%) | 18 (15%) | 4 (9%) | |||
| Ever visited hospital | No | 27 (36%) | 25 (26%) | 0.143 | 41 (33%) | 11 (23%) | 0.220 |
| Yes | 47 (64%) | 71 (74%) | 83 (67%) | 36 (78%) | |||
| Ever admitted to
hospital ** |
No | 12 (26%) | 23 (32%) | 0.424 | 27 (32%) | 9 (25%) | 0.463 |
| Yes | 35 (75%) | 48 (68%) | 56 (68%) | 27 (75%) | |||
| Received oxygen *** | No | 26 (74%) | 36 (75%) | 0.845 | 38 (68%) | 24 (89%) | 0.058 ^ |
| Yes | 9 (26%) | 12 (25%) | 18 (32%) | 3 (11%) | |||
* In one case, the child’s sex is missing
**Amongst those who ever attended hospital (N=118 for sex analysis; N=119 for age group analysis)
***Amongst those who were ever admitted to hospital (N=83)
^ Fisher’s exact test used.