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Table 3 Factors contributing to malaria treatment-seeking from public sector healthcare services by migrant workers in malaria endemic regions of Myanmar (2013–2015)

From: Understanding malaria treatment-seeking preferences within the public sector amongst mobile/migrant workers in a malaria elimination scenario: a mixed-methods study

Characteristics

Sought treatment from public sector

Crude OR (95% CI)

P value

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

No (n = 7997)

Yes (n = 1606)

No.

%

No.

%

General characteristics

 Region

  Other regionsa

5035

84.8

901

15.2

1.0

 

1.0

 

  Bago Region

2962

80.8

705

19.2

1.3 (1.2–1.5)

< 0.001

1.2 (1.1–1.4)

< 0.001

 Category of work site

  Category 3a

5350

85.0

946

15.0

1.0

 

1.0

 

  Category 2

2226

81.9

491

18.1

1.8 (1.5–2.2)

< 0.001

1.4 (1.2–1.6)

< 0.001

  Category 1

421

71.4

169

28.6

2.3 (1.9–2.7)

< 0.001

2.3 (1.9–2.9)

< 0.001

 Education level

  Illiterate, read, writea

2014

84.4

371

15.6

1.0

 

1.0

 

  Primary and middle

5203

83.3

1041

16.7

1.4 (1.1–1.6)

 

1.0 (0.9–1.2)

1.00

  High school and above

780

80.1

194

19.9

1.2 (1.1–1.5)

0.01

1.1 (0.9–1.3)

1.00

Migration patterns

 Seasonal migration

  Noa

5004

82.2

1084

17.8

1.0

 

1.0

 

  Yes

2993

85.1

522

14.9

0.8 (0.7–0.9)

0.00

1.1 (0.9–1.3)

0.08

 Duration of stay (year)

  < 1a

4053

92.0

354

8.0

1.0

 

1.0

 

  ≥ 1

3944

75.9

1252

24.1

3.6 (3.2–4.1)

0.00

3.5 (3.1–4.0)

< 0.001

Awareness of malaria

 Received any form of IEC on malaria

  Noa

5689

85.9

935

14.1

1.0

 

1.0

 

  Yes

2308

77.5

671

22.5

1.8 (1.6–2.0)

< 0.001

1.2 (1.0–1.3)

0.02

 Health staff visited for malaria related reasons

  Noa

3617

86.1

583

13.9

1.0

 

1.0

 

  Yes

4380

81.1

1023

18.9

1.5 (1.3–1.6)

< 0.001

1.0 (0.9–1.2)

0.65

 Malaria symptoms known

  Noa

5741

84.5

1053

15.5

1.0

 

1.0

 

  Yes

2256

80.3

553

19.7

1.3 (1.2–1.5)

< 0.001

1.7 (1.4–2.2)

< 0.001

 Aware of diagnosis of malaria

  Noa

2392

87.5

341

12.5

1.0

 

1.0

 

  Yes

5605

81.6

1265

18.4

1.6 (1.4–1.8)

< 0.001

1.4 (1.2–1.7)

< 0.001

  1. 95% CI 95% confidence interval, OR odds ratio
  2. aReference category