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Table 5 Health-seeking behaviour, stratified by symptoms and groups [%]

From: Coping with ill-health: health care facility, chemist or medicinal plants? Health-seeking behaviour in a Kenyan wetland

 

by symptom

by group

 

Abdominal complaint (n = 95)

Fever (n = 107)

Skin irritation (n = 56)

Eye condition (n = 32)

Total (n = 290)

Smallholder farmers (263 symp.)

Commercial farmers (211 symp.)

Pastoralists (157 symp.)

Service sector workers (220 symp.)

Total (n = 851 symp.)

Public facility

65

79

71

66

72

75

48

66

84

72

Private facility

20

18

16

16

16

15

25

13

10

16

Chemist

11

2

7

13

9

8

11

12

7

9

Faith-based provider

3

2

5

3

3

2

4

8

0

3

Non-governmental provider

1

0

0

3

1

1

0

1

0

1

  1. symp. is usead as an abbreviation and stands for symptom