Table 3 Association of socio-demographic characteristics of respondents with poor treatment-seeking behaviour of those who reported fever within the last 2 weeks in the endemic regions of Myanmar, 2015
Characteristics | Total N | Poor treatment seeking behaviour (N) | Crude OR (95% CI) | p value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group | 0.008 | ||||||
Under 5 | 246 | 53 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
5–14 | 334 | 99 | 1.5 (1.1–2.3) | 1.3 (0.8–2.5) | 0.3 | ||
15–59 | 500 | 154 | 1.6 (1.1–2.3) | 1.4 (0.8–2.3) | 0.2 | ||
60 and above | 81 | 64 | 10.7 (7.4–19.4) | 9.0 (6.0–7.2) | 0.01 | ||
Sex | 0.008 | ||||||
Male | 594 | 152 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
Female | 567 | 181 | 1.4 (1.1–1-8) | 1.5 (1.0–1.9) | 0.03 | ||
Occupation | 0.9 | ||||||
Agriculture | 625 | 178 | 1.0 | – | |||
Seller | 73 | 21 | 1.0 (0.6–1.7) | – | |||
Casual labourer | 319 | 94 | 1.1 (0.8–1.4) | – | |||
Others | 137 | 38 | 0.9 (0.6–1.5) | – | |||
Education level | < 0.001 | ||||||
Illiterate | 177 | 88 | 3.4 (1.8–8.7) | 3.3 (1.8–7.9) | 0.0018 | ||
Up to primary | 656 | 172 | 1.2 (0.4–3.8) | 1.0 (0.5–3.2) | 0.3 | ||
Middle and High school | 307 | 68 | 1.0 (0.3–3.1) | 0.8 (0.3–2.9) | 0.5 | ||
Higher education | 18 | 04 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
Knowledge score about malaria | |||||||
< 0.001 | |||||||
Low | 1092 | 329 | 3.8 (1.7–8.4) | 2.9 (1.6–6.2) | <0.001 | ||
High | 69 | 07 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
Type of townships | |||||||
RAI townships | 466 | 102 | 1.0 | < 0.001 | 1.0 | ||
Non-RAI townships | 695 | 231 | 1.8 (1.4–2.3) | 2.0 (1.4–2.6) | <0.001 |