Care seeking behaviour for childhood illness- a questionnaire survey in western Nepal

Table 3 Predictors of care seeking behaviour ('Appropriate care' and 'Prompt care') by logistic regression analysis

Predictor Variable	Appropriate care			Prompt care
	Number/Mean(SD)	OR (95% CI)	P Value	OR (95% CI)	P Value
Child age (months)
	6.25 (2.96)	0.97 (0.89 1.07)	0.66	1.07 (0.98 1.16)	0.105
Child's gender
Male	157	1		1
Female	135	1.09 (0.62 1.91)	0.76	0.9 (0.54 1.49)	0.68
Birth order
	1.83 (0.95)	1.29 (0.81 2.08)	0.27	0.82 (0.58 1.15)	0.25
Religion
Hindu	258	1		1
Others	34	2.26 (0.93 5.48)	0.07	1.99 (0.87 4.57)	0.10
Mother's age (years)
	23.73 (3.92)	1.0 (0.92 1.1)	0.91	1.06 (0.98 1.14)	0.14
Mother's education
Nil/Primary school	51	1		1
Upto high school	185	7.43 (2.07 26.68)	0.002	0.98 (0.43 2.01)	0.86
College/University	56	1.82 (0.89 3.71)	0.096	0.95 (0.35 2.54)	0.92
Total Family income per month (Nepalese Rupees)
	12.46 (18.75)	0.99 (0.98 1.01)	0.62	0.96 (0.94 0.99)	0.008
Number of antenatal visits
	3.01 (1.55)	1.02 (0.82 1.26)	0.856	0.98 (0.81 1.12)	0.89
Place of delivery
Home	101	1		1
Hospital	191	0.79 (0.39 1.59)	0.519	0.81 (0.43 1.52)	0.51
Number of symptoms
1	97	1		1
2	176	5.43 (1.58 18.65)	0.007	2.6 (1.48 4.65)	0.001
≥ 3	19	3.38 (1.07 10.74)	0.038	5.36 (1.71 16.73)	0.004
No of living children
	1.85 (0.96)	1.90 (0.54,6.62)	0.309	1.50 (0.61,3.67)	0.37
Perceived severity of illness
Not Severe	88	1		1
Severe	204	2.46 (1.21 5.03)	0.013	1.6 (0.9 2.84)	0.10

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