Changing poor mothers' care-seeking behaviors in response to childhood illness: findings from a cross-sectional study in Granada, Nicaragua

Table 2 Differences among selected sociodemographics and health indicators by income level (n = 744)^1,2

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
	<1 USD/day	1-2 USD/day	>2 USD/day
	(n = 140)	(n = 252)	(n = 352)
Studied variables	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	p -value
Mean monthly household income (USD)	23.4 (6.6)	47.0 (8.8)	117.4 (72.5)	<0.001^a
Mother's education (yrs)	4.1 (3.1)	4.8 (3.0)	7.1 (3.8)	<0.001^a
Child height for age z-scores (HAZ)	-1.51 (1.65)	-1.42 (1.58)	-0.09 (1.58)	<0.001^a
number and % <-2HAZ	52 (37.7%)	89 (34.5%)	86 (24.0%)	<0.001^b
Distance to the nearest health facility	%	%	%
<30 minutes on foot	42.9	39.5	60.6	<0.001^b
≥ 30 minutes on foot	29.3	36	23.7
Not walking distance	27.8	24.5	15.7

¹12 mothers did not answer about monthly income.
²We examined all other socio-demographics and child health status showed in Table 1.
Except above variables, others did not show any significant associations among 3 income groups.
^aANOVA (analysis of variance)
^bChi-square test

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