Table 1

Factors influencing the likelihood of presence of modern medicine in the household.

Factors

Total

N

%

OR

95% CI


Health facility in locality

No

500

40

8.0%

1

Health centre (in village)

480

48

10.0%

1.28

0.82-1.98

District hospital (in Nouna)

72

13

18.1%

2.53

1.28-5.01

Urban vs. Rural

Rural

980

88

9.0%

1

Urban

72

13

18.0%

2.23

1.18-4.23

Distance from health facility

0-5 km

672

73

10.9%

1

>5 km

380

28

7.4%

0.65

0.41-1.03

Age of child

No child under five yr

813

67

8.2%

1

0-11 months

45

9

20.0%

2.79

1.29-6.03

12-60 months

194

25

12.9%

1.65

1.01-2.69

Household head literate

No

711

52

7.3%

1

Yes

341

49

14.4%

2.13

1.41-3.22

Asset-based indicator

1st quartile (poorest)

263

11

4.2%

1

2nd quartile

264

19

7.2%

1.78

0.83-3.81

3rd quartile

262

30

11.4%

2.96

1.45-6.04

4th quartile (richest)

263

41

15.6%

4.23

2.12-8.43


'Total' indicates the number of households for each factor categories; 'N' is the number of households where modern medicine was present and '%' the corresponding percentage of households.; The odds ratio (OD) with the corresponding 95% confidence interval (95% CI) are given. Statistically significant results are in bold

Tipke et al. Malaria Journal 2009 8:266   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-266

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