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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

From: Caregivers’ treatment-seeking behaviour for children under age five in malaria-endemic areas of rural Myanmar: a cross-sectional study

Variables

MV (n = 299)

NMV (n = 298)

 

n

%

n

%

p value

Number of household members

     

  ≤ 4

183

61.2

183

61.4

0.959

  > 4

116

38.8

115

38.6

 

Number of children U5 at home

     

 1

271

90.6

265

88.9

0.491

  > 1

28

9.4

33

11.1

 

Children’s age (months)

     

  ≤ 27

158

52.8

159

53.4

0.900

  > 27

141

47.2

139

46.6

 

Children’s sex

     

 Male

156

52.2

161

54.0

0.650

 Female

143

47.8

137

46.0

 

Caregivers’ age (years)

     

  ≤ 30

170

56.9

155

52.0

0.235

  > 30

129

43.1

143

48.0

 

Relationship to child

     

 Mother

271

90.6

270

90.6

0.989

 Other

28

9.4

28

9.4

 

Level of education

     

 Illiterate

22

7.4

21

7.0

0.984

 Primary school

209

69.9

208

69.8

 

 Secondary school or higher

68

22.7

69

23.2

 

Occupation

     

 Farmer

116

38.9

123

41.4

0.001

 Forest worker

70

23.5

30

10.1

 

 Other

112

37.6

144

48.5

 

Income (US$)

     

  ≤ 60

165

55.9

197

66.1

0.011

  > 60

130

44.1

101

33.9

 

Nearest health service*

     

 Drug store

172

57.5

160

53.7

<0.001

 Midwife

68

22.7

62

20.8

 

 Charlatan/traditional healer

29

9.7

35

11.7

 

 Malaria volunteer

17

5.7

0

0.0

 

 Rural health centre

9

3.0

31

10.4

 

 General practitioner

4

1.3

10

3.4

 

Mode of transportation

     

 On foot

260

87.0

149

83.6

0.241

 By vehicle

39

13.0

49

16.4

 

Duration

     

 Within 30 min

291

97.3

287

96.3

0.480

 More than 30 min

8

2.7

11

3.7

 
  1. Notes: MV: Mobile clinic villages; NMV: non-mobile clinic villages; children U5: children under five; Chi-square test p-vale (*Fisher’s exact test).