Table 1 Potential determinants of seeking treatment from a formal health facility, among children aged 0–47 months with severe fever in the last month
Potential determinants | Weighted % (fraction) | |
|---|---|---|
Cross River state | Bauchi state | |
Female sex | 50 (2,296/4,523) | 48 (2,485/5,107) |
Fever lasting five or more days | 37 (1,674/4,502) | 28 (1,351/4,978) |
Rural household | 72 (3,249/4,524) | 83 (4,379/5,107) |
Household with three or more children | 54 (2,311/4,217) | 66 (3,325/5,046) |
Household without enough food in the last week | 20 (924/4,495) | 10 (460/5,074) |
Household with unsafe source of drinking water | 65 (2,766/4,505) | 58 (3,230/5,085) |
Female-headed household | 18 (811/4,513) | 0 (25/5,087) |
Household considers financial situation below average | 34 (1,593/4,504) | 16 (855/5,076) |
Household head with less than junior secondary education | 40 (1,822/4,436) | 75 (3,806/5,054) |
Father with less than junior secondary education | 30 (1,343/4,303) | 76 (3,817/5,048) |
Mother with less than junior secondary education | 40 (1,832/4,480) | – |
Mother with no formal education | – | 81 (4,109/5,102) |
Mother with no income of her own | 42 (1,794/4,252) | 36 (1,809/5,045) |
Community without a formal health facility | 27 (1,116/4,420) | 39 (1,875/5,087) |