Table 3 Women caregiver, household and village characteristics associated with utilization of CHW services for child fever treatment

Overall

298

34.6 (103)

65.4 (195)

Women caregiver education

 No formal education

169

34.9 (59)

65.1 (110)

0.885

 Primary/secondary

129

34.1 (44)

65.9 (85)

Women caregiver age group

 ≤20 y

47

34.0 (16)

66.0 (31)

0.993

 21-30 y

136

36.0 (49)

64.0 (87)

 31-40 y

81

35.8 (29)

64.2 (52)

 41+ y

12

33.3 (4)

66.7 (8)

Attended ANC during last pregnancy

 Yes

196

35.2 (69)

64.8 (127)

0.581

 No

97

32.0 (31)

68.0 (66)

IPT (2+ doses SP) during last pregnancy

 Yes

140

32.9 (46)

67.1 (94)

0.674

 No

27

37.0 (10)

63.0 (17)

Knowledge of AL as new anti-malarial drug

 Yes

104

44.2 (46)

55.8 (58)

0.010

 No/Don’t know

194

29.4 (57)

70.6 (137)

Identified sleeping under net as way to prevent malaria

 Yes

239

36.4 (87)

63.6 (152)

0.179

 No

59

27.1 (16)

72.9 (43)

Household wealth rank

 Most poor

71

39.4 (28)

60.6 (43)

0.012

 Poor

174

37.9 (66)

62.1 (108)

 Least poor

53

17.0 (9)

83.0 (44)

Household size

 2 to 4

71

32.4 (23)

67.6 (48)

0.425

 5 to 7

132

31.8 (42)

68.2 (90)

 8 or more

93

39.8 (37)

60.2 (56)

Village size

 <60 households

57

40.4 (23)

59.7 (34)

0.008

 61-100 households

82

41.6 (34)

58.5 (48)

 101-200 households

94

37.2 (35)

62.8 (59)

 >200 households

65

16.9 (11)

83.1 (54)

Visited by CHW in past 3 months

 Yes

153

63.4 (97)

36.6 (56)

<0.001

 No

176

39.2 (69)

60.8 (107)