From: Early treatment-seeking behaviour for malaria in febrile patients in northwest Ethiopia
Variables | Frequency (%) |
---|---|
Age (in years) | |
< 5 | 27 (4.0) |
5–14 | 36 (5.3) |
≥ 15 | 617 (90.7) |
Gender | |
Female | 259 (38.1) |
Male | 421 (61.9) |
Residency | |
Rural | 610 (89.7) |
Urban | 70 (10.3) |
Educational status | |
Unable to read and write | 207 (30.4) |
Able to read and write | 272 (40.0) |
Not applicable | 27 (4.0) |
Primary | 119 (17.5) |
Secondary and above | 55 (8.1) |
Occupation | |
Daily labourer | 88 (12.9) |
Farmer | 370 (54.4) |
Government employee | 18 (2.7) |
Merchant | 63 (9.3) |
Housewife | 34 (5.0) |
Not applicable | 31 (4.5) |
Student | 76 (11.2) |
Average monthly income | |
< $24.9 | 298 (44.0) |
$25–49.9 | 273 (40.0) |
≥ $50 | 109 (16.0) |
Marital status | |
Single | 139 (20.4) |
Married | 408 (60.0) |
Divorced | 31 (4.6) |
Widowed | 28 (4.1) |
Not applicable | 74 (10.9) |
Family size | |
≥ 5 | 330 (48.5) |
< 5 | 350 (51.5) |
Distance of health facility (km) | |
≥ 6 | 309 (45.4) |
< 6 | 371 (54.6) |