Table 4 Percentage of children aged 0–47 months taken for treatment in a formal health facility, with increasing numbers of the inequity factors in the final multivariate models in Table 3
% (fraction) | |
|---|---|
Cross River | |
Among those from communities with a formal health facility (chi-square for linear trend 9.41, p <0.05) | |
From households with enough food and safe water | 46% (442/972) |
From households with either enough food or safe water | 37% (682/1,866) |
From households with neither enough food nor safe water | 32% (132/407) |
Among those from communities without a formal health facility (chi-square for linear trend 35.26, p <0.05) | |
Mothers have higher education and some income of their own | 31% (86/274) |
Mothers have either higher education or some income of their own | 22% (120/537) |
Mothers have neither higher education nor some income of their own | 9% (21/225) |
Bauchi | |
Among those from communities with a formal health facility (chi-square for linear trend 76.55, p <0.05) | |
Mothers have some formal education and some income of their own | 66% (281/425) |
Mothers have either some formal education or some income of their own | 48% (899/1,877) |
Mothers have neither formal education nor some income of their own | 39% (324/829) |
Among those from communities without a formal health facility (chi-square for linear trend 1.72, p =0.19) | |
Mothers have some formal education and some income of their own | 52% (80/155) |
Mothers have either some formal education or some income of their own | 40% (433/1,092) |
Mothers have neither formal education nor some income of their own | 41% (238/577) |