Table 4 Correlates of two care-seeking outcomes among female caregivers for child with fever

Caregiver’s current age in years

1.02

0.992, 1.058

1.00

0.983, 1.025

Caregiver’s education level

 None (RC)

1.00

1.00

 Primary

1.37

0.778, 2.427

0.98

0.655, 1.474

 Secondary

2.27

0.878, 5.849

1.04

0.547, 1.983

Caregiver’s religion

 Non-Christian (RC)

1.00

1.00

 Christian

1.28

0.586, 2.809

0.59

0.328, 1.066

Caregiver’s marital status

 Non-married (RC)

1.00

1.00

 Married

0.83

0.408,1.683

0.99

0.588, 1.658

Listens to radio weekly

 No (RC)

1.00

1.00

 Yes

1.59

0.952, 2.674

1.99***

1.359, 2.929

County of residence

 Bong (RC)

1.00

1.00

 Cape Mount

3.84

0.939, 15.722

0.69

0.337, 1.403

 Grand Kru

0.21**

0.073, 0.632

0.53

0.350, 1.074

 River Cess

1.06

0.353, 3.164

0.61

0.725, 2.113

Household wealth quintile

 Lowest (RC)

1.00

1.00

 Low

0.81

0.400, 1.631

0.61

0.350, 1.074

 Middle

2.27

0.981, 5.272

1.24

0.725, 2.113

 High

2.13

0.878, 5.187

1.07

0.606, 1.893

 Highest

1.41

0.513, 3.868

0.96

0.525, 1.746

 Household size

0.97

0.870, 1.078

1.03

0.948, 1.110

Message heard or seen

 Neither malaria prevention nor treatment message nor “Healthy Baby, Happy Mother” (RC)

1.00

1.00

 Malaria prevention or treatment message but not “Healthy Baby, Happy Mother”

1.88

0.767, 4.607

1.03

0.451, 2.353

 Not Malaria prevention nor treatment message but “Healthy Baby, Happy Mother”

2.41

0.707, 8.194

3.62**

1.398, 9.372

 Both malaria prevention or treatment message and “Healthy Baby, Happy Mother”

1.53

0.694, 3.354

2.11*

1.080, 4.131

Cluster level variance

0.77

0.00

Intra-class correlation

0.19

0.00

Log likelihood

− 247.1

− 374.3

AIC

532.1

784.6