Table 2 Summaries of explanatory variables included in the spatial model for the choice of treatment among care-givers of children with fever.
From: Choice of treatment for fever at household level in Malawi: examining spatial patterns
Variable | Â | Choice of Treatment Provider | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  | Home (%) | Shop (%) | Hospital (%) | Others (%) | N ‡ |
Proportion(%) | Â | 26.9 | 35.0 | 27.5 | 10.6 | 4245 |
Mother/care-giver's age | <20 yr†| 23.4 | 39.4 | 29.6 | 7.6 | 355 |
|  | 20–24 yr | 23.6 | 38.5 | 28.4 | 9.5 | 1301 |
|  | 25–29 yr | 24.4 | 38.4 | 26.6 | 10.6 | 1100 |
|  | 30–34 yr | 26.2 | 37.7 | 25.3 | 10.9 | 661 |
| Â | 35+ yr | 25.4 | 37.5 | 24.5 | 12.6 | 816 |
Partner's education | None | 23.8 | 40.7 | 21.9 | 13.7 | 644 |
| Â | Primary | 24.0 | 39.5 | 26.2 | 10.4 | 2795 |
| Â | Secondary/Higher | 27.1 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 7.8 | 719 |
Residence | Urban | 25.5 | 31.6 | 36.6 | 6.3 | 639 |
| Â | Rural | 24.3 | 39.4 | 25.0 | 11.2 | 3594 |
Care factor: (time to facility) | Big problem | 26.2 | 40.8 | 21.8 | 11.2 | 2543 |
| Â | Not a problem | 22.1 | 34.4 | 34.3 | 9.3 | 1690 |
Care factor: (availability of transport) | Big problem | 26.5 | 40.0 | 21.6 | 11.8 | 2341 |
| Â | Not a problem | 22.0 | 36.0 | 33.2 | 8.7 | 1889 |
Reading newspaper | None | 23.0 | 39.8 | 25.9 | 11.3 | 3136 |
| Â | Once a week | 25.0 | 36.0 | 29.9 | 9.1 | 800 |
| Â | Daily | 39.4 | 27.3 | 28.3 | 5.1 | 297 |
Listening to radio | None | 23.8 | 36.3 | 26.7 | 13.2 | 1040 |
| Â | Once a week | 22.1 | 41.4 | 25.2 | 11.4 | 1037 |
| Â | Daily | 26.0 | 37.7 | 27.6 | 8.7 | 2156 |
Watch TV | None | 24.7 | 38.4 | 26.2 | 10.8 | 3910 |
| Â | Once a week | 21.7 | 38.9 | 33.2 | 6.1 | 244 |
| Â | Daily | 25.3 | 29.1 | 38.0 | 7.6 | 79 |
Visited hospital (last 12 months) | No | 29.1 | 36.0 | 21.7 | 13.2 | 1109 |
| Â | Yes | 22.9 | 39.0 | 28.6 | 9.5 | 3124 |
Toilet type | Flush | 29.6 | 23.5 | 40.7 | 6.2 | 81 |
| Â | Pit | 24.1 | 39.0 | 27.1 | 9.9 | 3278 |
| Â | None | 25.1 | 36.8 | 24.6 | 13.4 | 276 |
Ethnicity | Chewa | 25.0 | 40.2 | 23.8 | 11.0 | 1322 |
| Â | Tumbuka | 30.4 | 28.6 | 27.4 | 13.6 | 339 |
| Â | Lomwe | 19.8 | 44.3 | 25.6 | 10.3 | 749 |
| Â | Tonga | 39.8 | 18.2 | 29.5 | 12.5 | 530 |
| Â | Yao | 25.6 | 38.57 | 26.9 | 8.9 | 208 |
| Â | Sena | 14.9 | 40.9 | 32.2 | 12.0 | 451 |
| Â | Ngoni | 30.6 | 32.0 | 32.7 | 4.8 | 259 |
Household size | ≤ 5 | 22.3 | 40.1 | 27.7 | 9.9 | 768 |
|  | 6–10 | 24.3 | 37.9 | 27.3 | 10.5 | 2603 |
| Â | 11+ members | 27.3 | 37.5 | 24.4 | 10.9 | 862 |