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Table 4 Association of socioeconomic status with care-seeking and medication usage in Siaya County, Kenya, 2012

From: Socioeconomic health inequality in malaria indicators in rural western Kenya: evidence from a household malaria survey on burden and care-seeking behaviour

 

Care seeking (n = 1182)a

Medication use (n = 1180)a

n

N

%

aPR

95% CI

p value

n

N

%

aPR

95% CI

p value

SES

 Poorest

411

598

68.7

0.95

0.87

1.04

0.229

447

598

74.8

0.94

0.87

1.00

0.087

 Less-poor

414

584

70.9

Ref

   

457

582

78.5

Ref

   

Age group (years)

  < 5 

535

716

74.7

1.27

1.14

1.40

< 0.001

582

714

81.5

1.27

1.15

1.40

< 0.001

 5–14

124

188

66.0

1.11

0.97

1.29

0.120

142

188

75.5

1.17

1.04

1.32

0.008

  ≥ 15

166

278

59.7

Ref

   

180

278

64.8

Ref

   

Sub-county

 Gem

301

407

74.0

1.05

0.94

1.17

0.391

326

406

80.3

1.10

1.01

1.20

0.037

 Siaya

301

459

66.8

0.91

0.82

1.02

0.110

347

458

75.8

1.02

0.94

1.10

0.657

 Rarieda

223

316

70.6

Ref

   

231

216

73.1

Ref

   

Sex

 Female

460

656

70.1

1.03

0.96

1.11

0.350

500

655

76.3

1.02

0.95

1.08

0.617

 Male

365

526

69.4

Ref

   

404

525

77.0

Ref

   
  1. SES socioeconomic status, aPR adjusted prevalence ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. aAmong the surveyed population who self-reported fever in the prior 2 weeks
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