From: Choice of treatment for fever at household level in Malawi: examining spatial patterns
Variable | Â | Choice of Treatment Provider | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Home vs others | Shop vs others | Hospital vs others‡ |
Mother/care-giver's age | <20 yr | 1.37 (1.05,1.80)* | 1.44 (1.12,1.86)* | 1.42 (1.09,1.84)* |
 | 20–24 yr | 0.98 (0.84,1.15) | 0.99 (0.85,1.15) | 0.98 (0.84,1.14) |
 | 25–29 yr | 0.95 (0.81,1.11) | 0.89 (0.77,1.03) | 0.94 (0.81,1.10) |
 | 30–34 yr | 0.95 (0.79,1.14) | 0.91 (0.77,1.09) | 0.91 (0.75,1.09) |
 | 35+ yr | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Partner's education | None | 0.84 (0.72,0.98)* | 0.88 (0.77,1.01) | 0.75 (0.65,0.88)* |
 | Primary | 1.13 (0.96,1.33) | 1.04 (0.89,1.22) | 1.25 (1.06,1.47)* |
 | Secondary/Higher | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Residence | Urban | 1.20 (1.05,1.36)* | 1.13 (0.99,1.28)* | 1.31 (1.16,1.49)* |
 | Rural | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Care factor: -time to facility | Big problem | 1.06 (0.96,1.17) | 1.07 (0.97,1.17) | 0.87 (0.79,0.96)* |
 | Not a problem | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Care factor: -transport availability | Big problem | 0.99 (0.89,1.09) | 0.89 (0.81,0.98)* | 0.81 (0.73,0.89)* |
 | Not a problem | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Reading newspaper | None | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
 | Once a week | 0.79 (0.67,0.94)* | 0.88 (0.74,1.04) | 0.91 (0.77,1.09) |
 | Daily | 1.92 (1.49,2.48)* | 1.26 (0.97,1.63)* | 1.28 (0.98,1.66)* |
Listening to radio | None | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
 | Once a week | 0.90 (0.81,1.01)* | 1.02 (0.92,1.14) | 0.93 (0.83,1.04)* |
 | Daily | 1.28 (1.16,1.42)* | 1.17 (1.06,1.29)* | 1.15 (1.04,1.27)* |
Watch TV | None | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
 | Once a week | 1.27 (0.91,1.77) | 1.40 (1.02,1.93)* | 1.50 (1.09,2.06)* |
 | Daily | 0.72 (0.45,1.13) | 0.87 (0.56,1.34) | 0.77 (0.50,1.19) |
Visited hospital (last 12 months) | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
 | Yes | 0.72 (0.45,1.13) | 1.17 (1.08,1.26)* | 1.26 (1.16,1.37)* |
Ethnicity | Chewa | 0.95 (0.81,1.11) | 1.11 (0.95,1.28) | 0.82 (0.70,0.95)* |
 | Tumbuka | 0.75 (0.59,0.95)* | 0.60 (0.48,0.77)* | 0.63 (0.49,0.80)* |
 | Lomwe | 0.74 (0.61,0.90)* | 1.22 (1.02,1.46)* | 0.90 (0.75,1.09) |
 | Tonga | 1.10 (0.74,1.65) | 0.41 (0.26,0.63)* | 0.74 (0.49,1.13) |
 | Yao | 1.18 (0.94,1.47) | 1.27 (1.02,1.57)* | 1.13 (0.91,1.42) |
 | Sena | 0.54 (0.39,0.74)* | 1.09 (0.82,1.45) | 1.11 (0.83,1.50) |
 | Ngoni | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Household size | ≤ 5 | 1.12 (0.84,1.49) | 1.16 (0.89,1.52) | 1.73 (1.29,2.32)* |
 | 6–10 | 1.09 (0.82,1.45) | 1.05 (0.80,1.37) | 1.74 (1.30,2.33)* |
 | 11+ | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |