Actions related to health-seeking	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Themes related to late care-seeking Taking time to observe the child for changes Belief that the illness was not severe Difficult terrain Fear of being scolded at the hospital because of parity of plus eight Financial constrains Waiting to finish drugs bought at the chemist/shop Long distance to the health facility Fear to be scolded at the hospital Fear to be tested for HIV Night time illness event Thought that it was a normal cough No time had gone to work	77 21 20 20 17 12 7 3 3 2 1 1	41.8 11.4 10.9 10.9 9.2 6.5 3.8 1.6 1.6 1.1 0.5 0.5
Management of the child before experience Bought drugs at the chemist Use of left over drugs from previous illness episodes Took their children to hospital Borrowed drugs from a neighbor Administered herbal medication	44 17 10 8 2	54.3 21 12.3 9.9 2.5
Comparison management after experience Took their children to hospital Bought drugs as what had been used previously Injection administered at a chemist then visited a hospital Started treatment early	54 15 11 1	66.7 18.5 13.6 1.2