Table 4.
logistic regression model for whether a head of household sought advice for their child at a health facility with fever, diarrhea, and respiratory illness: 2018/2019
| Variable | Fever | Diarrhea | Respiratory illness | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95%CI | p-value | OR | 95%CI | p-value | OR | 95%CI | p-value | |
| Region | |||||||||
| CK | Ref | -- | -- | Ref | -- | -- | Ref | -- | -- |
| NK | 3.27 | (1.48, 7.22) | 0.003 | 0.95 | (0.32, 2.83) | 0.935 | 1.63 | (0.78, 3.38) | 0.190 |
| EK | 1.89 | (1.16, 3.08) | 0.011 | 1.02 | (0.51, 1.99) | 0.965 | 0.98 | (0.57, 1.68) | 0.959 |
| SK | 1.49 | (0.93, 2.38) | 0.095 | 0.99 | (0.49, 1.98) | 0.982 | 1.15 | (0.67, 1.99) | 0.603 |
| Uriri | 2.69 | (1.63, 4.44) | <0.001 | 1.67 | (0.74, 3.75) | 0.218 | 2.13 | (1.18, 3.83) | 0.012 |
| Age (per 10-year increase) | 1.10 | (0.86, 1.41) | 0.431 | 1.07 | (0.71, 1.59) | 0.745 | 1.20 | (0.89, 1.61) | 0.229 |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Never married | Ref | -- | -- | Ref | -- | -- | Ref | -- | -- |
| Married monogamous | 0.32 | (0.08, 1.20) | 0.091 | 0.52 | (0.12, 2.30) | 0.394 | 0.75 | (0.26, 2.19) | 0.609 |
| Married polygamous | 0.31 | (0.07, 1.24) | 0.097 | 0.43 | (0.08, 2.09) | 0.298 | 0.74 | (0.23, 2.33) | 0.609 |
| *Other single | 0.39 | (0.09, 1.70) | 0.214 | 0.28 | (0.04, 1.71) | 0.167 | 1.10 | (0.30, 4.02) | 0.885 |
| Education | |||||||||
| Class 1 -8 | Ref | -- | -- | Ref | -- | -- | Ref | -- | -- |
| Form 1-4 | 1.29 | (0.87, 1.91) | 0.199 | 1.02 | (0.57, 1.84) | 0.947 | 1.59 | (1.03, 2.45) | 0.037 |
| Some college/post-graduate | 1.90 | (0.91, 3.95) | 0.086 | 0.91 | (0.36, 2.33) | 0.848 | 1.30 | (0.61, 2.76) | 0.500 |
| No education** | 0.71 | (0.13, 3.86) | 0.691 | -- | -- | -- | 0.18 | (0.01, 2.56) | 0.208 |
| Household size (per 1-person increase) | 0.93 | (0.83, 1.05) | 0.240 | 0.87 | (0.73, 1.03) | 0.112 | 0.84 | (0.74, 0.95) | 0.006 |
| Household ever visited by CHW | 1.13 | (0.78, 1.63) | 0.502 | 0.91 | (0.54, 1.55) | 0.735 | 1.84 | (1.25, 2.70) | 0.002 |
| Last pregnancy was desired | 1.20 | (0.85, 1.69) | 0.290 | 1.20 | (0.72, 1.98) | 0.477 | 1.35 | (0.92, 1.98) | 0.117 |
| Child delivered at a health facility | 0.50 | (0.29, 0.86) | 0.012 | 0.50 | (0.22, 1.14) | 0.102 | 0.66 | (0.37, 1.18) | 0.167 |
| Attended 4 or more ANC visits | 0.82 | (0.56, 1.21) | 0.320 | 1.46 | (0.85, 2.50) | 0.168 | 0.83 | (0.55, 1.26) | 0.394 |
| Male partner ever attended ANC visit | 1.72 | (1.16, 2.55) | 0.007 | 1.27 | (0.72, 2.22) | 0.408 | 1.25 | (0.81, 1.92) | 0.304 |
| In last 5-yrs has had a child that died | 1.18 | (0.55, 2.48) | 0.669 | 4.20 | (1.1, 16.03) | 0.036 | 1.53 | (0.65, 3.58) | 0.322 |
| Current use of family planning | 1.20 | (0.78, 1.83) | 0.399 | 0.85 | (0.47, 1.57) | 0.621 | 1.09 | (0.68, 1.74) | 0.724 |
| Correctly recognizes ≥ 3 signs that indicate a child needs medical attention | 0.72 | (0.49, 1.05) | 0.090 | 1.43 | (0.85, 2.41) | 0.173 | 0.97 | (0.64, 1.45) | 0.886 |
*
Other single includes cohabitation, separated, divorced, and/or widowed; **the number of children with diarrhea whose head of household had no education was too small to be able to interpret