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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of household heads, children and the socio-economic status of households

From: Utilization of public or private health care providers by febrile children after user fee removal in Uganda

Characteristic

Government

Drug shops/private clinics

OR (95% CI)

p-value

1. Age of household head

n = 151 (%)

n = 286 (%)

  

< 29

39 (25.8)

63 (22.0)

1

 

30 – 39

57 (37.8)

121 (42.3)

0.76 (0.46 – 1.27)

0.293

40 – 49

32 (21.2)

63 (22.0)

0.82 (0.46 – 1.47)

0.507

≥ 50

23 (15.2)

39 (13.6)

0.95 (0.50 – 1.83)

0.884

2. Sex of household head

n = 151 (%)

n = 286 (%)

  

Female

17 (11.3)

40 (14.0)

1

 

Male

134 (88.7)

246 (86.0)

0.78 (0.43 – 1.43)

0.421

3. Education of household head

n = 140 (%)

n = 266 (%)

  

None

17 (12.1)

30 (11.3)

1

 

Primary 1 – 4

31 (22.1)

60 (22.6)

0.91 (0.44 – 1.91)

0.806

Primary 5 – 7

54 (38.6)

112 (42.1)

0.85 (0.43 – 1.68)

0.641

Senior 1 – 4

29 (20.7)

57 (21.4)

0.90 (0.43 – 1.90)

0.777

Senior 5 – 6

9 (6.4)

7 (2.6)

2.27 (0.70 – 7.39)

0.162

4. Age of child

n = 151 (%)

n = 286 (%)

  

≤ 11 months

41(27.2)

67 (23.4)

1

 

12 – 35 months

72 (47.7)

135 (47.2)

0.87 (0.54 – 1.41)

0.577

36 – 59 months

38 (25.2)

84 (29.4)

0.74 (0.43 – 1.28)

0.278

5. Sex of child

n = 151 (%)

n = 286 (%)

  

Female

79 (52.3)

139 (48.6)

1

 

Male

72 (47.7)

147 (51.4)

0.81 (0.55 – 1.20)

0.295

6. Socio-economic status of the household

n = 133 (%)

n = 267 (%)

  

1st quintile

29 (21.8)

58 (21.7)

1

 

2nd quintile

31 (23.3)

70 (26.2)

0.88 (0.48 – 1.64)

0.699

3rd quintile

32 (24.1)

57 (21.4)

1.12 (0.60 – 2.09)

0.716

4th quintile

18 (13.5)

47 (17.6)

0.77 (0.38 – 1.55)

0.458

5th quintile

23 (17.3)

35 (13.1)

1.31 (0.66 – 2.63)

0.438