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Table 1 Background characteristics of households and under-fives

From: Access, acceptability and utilization of community health workers using diagnostics for case management of fever in Ugandan children: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Frequency (n = 423)

Percentage

Location of households by village

  

Bufutula

151

35.7

Nabikoote

76

18.0

Bobogo A

60

14.2

Namunkesu

56

13.2

Bubogo B

31

7.3

Namufuma

27

6.4

Namunsala

22

5.2

Head of household

  

Sex

  

Male

380

89.8

Female

43

10.2

Marital status

  

Married/cohabiting

386

91.3

Widowed

23

5.4

Divorced/separated

11

2.6

Single

3

0.7

Religion

  

Muslim

216

51.1

Protestant/Evangelical

172

40.7

Catholic

26

6.1

Other

4

0.9

Missing

5

1.2

Occupation

  

Employed

34

8.0

Trader/self employed

176

41.6

Farmer

208

49.2

Does not work

5

1.2

Highest education level attained

  

Never been to school

28

6.6

Primary

271

64.1

Secondary and above

124

29.3

Under-fives

(n = 761)

 

Median age

36 months

IQR 19–48

Sex

  

Male

360

47.3

Female

401

52.7

Relationship of respondent with under-5

  

Father

138

18.1

Mother

484

63.6

Grandparent

90

11.8

Other

49

6.4

Fever in last 1 month

  

Yes

601

79.0

No

160

21.0