|
Variable
|
N
|
Socio-economic status Quartile
|
|---|
| | |
Poorest N (%)
|
Very poor N (%)
|
Poor N (%)
|
Least Poor N (%)
|
Poor-rich ratio Q1/Q4
|
P – value
|
|---|
|
Incidence of malaria
|
1254
|
303 (24.1)
|
300 (24)
|
325 (25.9)
|
326 (26)
|
0.93
|
0.6799
|
|
Sources of diagnosis
| | | | | | | |
|
Traditional healer
|
18
|
6 (33.3)
|
3 (16.7)
|
5 (27.8)
|
4 (22.2)
|
1.5
|
0.2565
|
|
Family member
|
58
|
33 (56.9)
|
9 (15.5)
|
8 (13.8)
|
8 (13.8)
|
4.12
|
0.0000*
|
|
Community health worker
|
73
|
15 (20.6)
|
17 (23.3)
|
22 (30.1)
|
19 (26)
|
0.79
|
0.2565
|
|
Laboratory test
|
112
|
24 (21.4)
|
18 (16.1)
|
33 (29.5)
|
37 (33)
|
0.65
|
0.0099*
|
|
Self
|
993
|
246 (24.8)
|
270 (27.2)
|
242 (24.4)
|
235 (23.6)
|
1.1
|
1.0000
|
|
Sources of treatment
| | | | | | | |
|
Traditional healer
|
147
|
43(29.2)
|
51(34.7)
|
32(21.8)
|
21(14.3)
|
2.04
|
0.0027*
|
|
Patent medicine dealer
|
451
|
132(29.3)
|
116(25.7)
|
106(23.5)
|
97(21.5)
|
1.36
|
0.1623
|
|
Community health worker
|
24
|
12(50)
|
7(29.2)
|
3(12.5)
|
2(8.3)
|
6.0
|
0.0000*
|
|
BI health centre
|
221
|
42(19)
|
48(21.7)
|
64(29)
|
67(30.3)
|
0.63
|
0.0391*
|
|
General hospital
|
339
|
68(20.1)
|
82(24.2)
|
94(27.7)
|
95(28)
|
0.72
|
0.1487
|
|
Private clinic
|
29
|
2(6.9)
|
6(20.7)
|
9(31.0)
|
12(41.4)
|
0.17
|
0.0000*
|
|
Home
|
43
|
12(27.9)
|
12(27.9)
|
8(18.6)
|
11(25.6)
|
1.09
|
0.4406
|
|
Reasons for not using the BI health centre
| | | | | | | |
|
Lack of drugs
|
337
|
60 (17.8)
|
74 (21.9)
|
102 (30.3)
|
101 (30)
|
0.59
|
0.0232*
|
|
Too far
|
214
|
53 (24.7)
|
50 (23.4)
|
56 (26.2)
|
55 (25.7)
|
0.96
|
0.7971
|
|
Poor staff attitude
|
166
|
33 (19.9)
|
39 (23.5)
|
38 (22.9)
|
56 (33.7)
|
0.59
|
0.0303*
|
|
Unaffordable cost
|
113
|
33 (29.2)
|
26 (23)
|
25 (22.1)
|
29 (25.7)
|
1.14
|
0.6060
|
|
Long waiting time
|
133
|
25 (18.8)
|
46 (34.6)
|
26 (19.5)
|
36 (27.1)
|
0.69
|
0.679
|
|
Lack of doctor
|
470
|
99 (21.1)
|
121 (25.7)
|
124 (26.4)
|
126 (26.8)
|
0.78
|
0.353
|
- Note: * = p < 0.05. = statistically significant
