Health consultation No. (%) No action taken /Observed No. (%) Odds ratio P-value Self- medication (including traditional medicine) No. (%) Odds ratio P-value With Antibiotics No. (%) Odds ratio P-value
Relationship of caregiver to child:
Not mother 6 (5.9) 3 (17.7) 4 (10.8) 1 (3.1)
Mother 96 (94.1) 14 (82.4) 0.29 0.106* 33 (89.2) 0.56 0.394 31 (96.9) 1.94 0.547
Age of caregiver:
<30 years old 53 (52.0) 10 (58.8) 19 (51.2) 22 (68.8)
31-40 years old 28 (27.5) 3 (17.7) 0.57 0.418 9 (24.3) 0.90 0.817 6 (18.8) 0.52 0.201*
41 years and above 21 (20.6) 4 (23.5) 1.01 0.988 9 (24.3) 1.08 0.869 4 (12.5) 0.46 0.195
Educational attainment of caregiver:
Elementary or lower 18 (17.7) 6 (35.3) 14 (37.8) 6 (18.8)
High school to vocational 61 (59.8) 9 (52.9) 0.44 0.168* 15 (40.5) 0.38 0.030* 13 (40.6) 0.64 0.426
College 23 (25.6) 2 (11.8) 0.26 0.125* 8 (21.6) 0.45 0.139* 13 (40.6) 1.70 0.367
HH economic status:
Less than 25 percentile (0-19 SES score) 35 (34.3) 3 (15.8) 14 (37.8) 11 (34.4)
25 percentile (20-27 SES score) 26 (25.5) 7 (36.8) 3.14 0.120* 8 (21.6) 0.90 0.823 5 (15.6) 0.61 0.412
50 percentile (28-39.4 SES score) 21 (20.6) 4 (21.1) 2.22 0.326 10 (27.0) 1.11 0.831 12 (37.5) 1.82 0.232*
75 percentile (SES score above 39.5) 20 (19.6) 5 (26.3) 1.75 0.517 5 (13.5) 0.58 0.359 4 (12.5) 0.64 0.485
Household size:
1-5 31 (30.1) 7 (41.2) 12 (32.4) 8 (25.0)
6 or more 72 (69.9) 10 (58.8) 0.57 0.294 25 (67.6) 0.83 0.633 24 (75.0) 1.19 0.705
Number of children under five years in HH:
1 52 (51.0) 11 (64.7) 17 (42.5) 5 (15.6)
2 or more 50 (49.0) 6 (35.3) 0.57 0.298 23 (57.5) 1.41 0.364 27 (84.4) 5.62 0.001*
Age of child at time of episode:
less than 1.5 years old 44 (43.1) 2 (11.8) 0.18 0.026* 11 (27.5) 0.50 0.088* 9 (28.1) 0.52 0.133*
1.5 years and older 58 (56.9) 15 (88.2) 29 (72.5) 23 (71.9)
Number of adults in the household:
1-2 58 (56.9) 9 (52.9) 28 (70.0) 17 (53.1)
3 or more 44 (43.1) 8 (47.1) 1.18 0.763 12 (30.0) 0.56 0.156* 15 (46.9) 1.16 0.710