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Table 5 Socio-economic characteristics and treatment-seeking time for malaria

From: User fee exemption and malaria treatment-seeking for children under five in a Cameroonian health district: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Treatment-seeking time

X2

p-value

 ≤ 24 h

N0 (%)

25–48 h

N0 (%)

49–72 h

N0 (%)

 ≥ 72 h

N0 (%)

Monthly household income (FCFA)

 Low (0–36,000)

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

45.168

0.000

 Middle (0–100,000)

46 (23.4)

66 (47.1)

18 (81.8)

16 (51.6)

  

 High (≥ 101,000)

150 (76.1)

74 (52.9)

4 (18.2)

15 (48.4)

  

 Total

197 (100)

140 (100)

22 (100)

31 (100)

  

Occupation of guardians

 

 Government employed

40 (20.3)

17 (12.1)

1 (4.5)

3 (9.7)

64.624

0.000

 Housewife

13 (6.6)

18 (12.9)

3 (13.6)

3 (9.7)

  

 Private sector employed

69 (35.0)

33 (23.6)

7 (31.8)

3 (9.7)

  

 Self-employed

53 (26.9)

68 (48.6)

10 (45.5)

18 (58.1)

  

 Student

20 (10.2)

1 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  

 Unemployed

2 (1.0)

3 (2.1)

1 (4.5)

4 (12.9)

  

 Total

197 (100)

140 (100)

22 (100)

31 (100)