Utilization of health facilities and predictors of health-seeking behavior for under-five children with acute diarrhea in slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Table 1 Characteristics of mothers/caregivers of under-five children with acute diarrhea in slums of Addis Ababa, October 2014–July 2015

Variables	n (%)	Mean	SD
Health-seeking behavior (N = 452)
Sought care	320 (70.8)
No care sought for treating the child	132 (29.2)
Where sought care given (N = 452)
At home only without consulting health facilities	64 (14.2)
At health facilities	256 (56.6)
Both at home and health facilities^a	138 (30.5)
Care type (N = 320)
Inappropriate care^b	39 (12.2)
Prompt care^c	87 (27.2)
Monthly household income (US$)		44.7	25.5
Mothers/caregivers age (years)		29.3	6.1
Mothers/caregivers education (N = 452)
Illiterate	122 (27.0)
Literate	330 (73.0)
Household size^d		5.2	1.9
Child’s age (months)		27.2	14.2
Time of walking to the nearest health facility (minutes)		28	14
Care sought after danger signs of acute diarrhea (days) were recognized		2.3	1.5

N Denominator
^aIndicates sought care at health facilities and at home with consulting health facilities, it also included multiple response
^bCare by giving medicine available at home without consulting health facilities, care from informal health facilities (traditional healers), or care from pharmacies or drug vendors
^cCare that was sought within 24 h after recognition of the presence of diarrhea
^dThe number of persons living together in one house with one household head

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