Table 3.

Predictors of mothers' care-seeking behavior for common childhood illnesses in Ethiopia.

Determinants	Comparison	Number of studies	Sample size	OR (95% CI)	P value	I 2 (%)	Heterogeneity test (P value)
Knowledge	Good vs. poor	2	528	1.15 (0.45-3.08)	0.768	95.6	≤0.001
Age of mother	≤28 years vs. >28	2	777	0.87 (0.25-3.02)	0.838	90.4	0.001
Educational status	No education vs. other1	3	1522	0.33 (0.21-0.54)	≤ 0.001	48.9	0.141
Marital status	Single vs. other2	2	1329	0.35 (0.22-0.55)	≤ 0.001	0.0	0.804
Perceived severity	Yes vs. no	8	4200	0.47 (0.17-1.26)	0.135	97.0	≤0.001

Others: ¹primary and secondary tertiary. Others: ²married, divorced, and widowed.