Table 1 Sample characteristics (N = 557)
From: Referral patterns, delays, and equity in access to advanced paediatric emergency care in Vietnam
| Â | N (%) |
|---|---|
Child sex | |
 Male | 377 (67.7%) |
 Female | 180 (32.3%) |
Mean age in years (SD) | 1.8 (2.7) |
Age | |
 Newborn (<28 days) | 6 (1.1%) |
 1–11 months | 245 (44.0%) |
 12–23 months | 130 (23.3%) |
 2–5 years | 111 (19.9%) |
 6–9 years | 48 (8.6%) |
 10–17 years | 17 (3.1%) |
Diagnosis | |
 Pneumonia | 132 (23.7%) |
 Diarrhoea | 53 (9.5%) |
 Other illnesses | 372 (66.8%) |
Mother’s median age in years (SD) | 29.3 (5.5) |
Father’s median age in years (SD) | 32.8 (6.4) |
Mother’s highest educational attainment (N = 553) | |
 Primary | 70 (12.7%) |
 Lower secondary | 130 (23.5%) |
 Upper secondary | 132 (23.9%) |
 Technical/vocational | 47 (8.5%) |
 College/university | 174 (31.5%) |
Father’s highest educational attainment (N = 555) | |
 Primary | 67 (12.2%) |
 Lower secondary | 138 (25.2%) |
 Upper secondary | 149 (27.2%) |
 Technical/vocational | 20 (3.7%) |
 College/university | 174 (31.8%) |
Mean household size (SD) | 4.6 (1.6) |
Resides in a rural area | 287 (51.5%) |
Kinh (Vietnamese ethnicity) | 534 (95.9%) |
Wealth quintile | |
 Poorest | 96 (17.3%) |
 Poor | 91 (16.3%) |
 Middle | 96 (17.2%) |
 Rich | 88 (15.8%) |
 Richest | 96 (17.2%) |
 Missing | 90 (16.2%) |