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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents by FCHVs’ services utilization (N = 446)

From: Female community health volunteers service utilization for childhood illness- improving quality of health services only is not enough: a cross-sectional study in mid-western region, Nepal

 

FCHVs’ service user

Non-user

 

Variable

(n = 446)

%

(n = 298)

%

p-value

Number of family members

     

3 or 4

46

31.1

92

30.9

0.964

5 or more

102

68.9

206

69.1

 

Number of children

     

1

39

26.4

85

28.5

0.890

2

39

26.4

76

25.5

 

3

70

47.3

137

46.0

 

Living with grandparents

     

Yes

47

31.8

123

41.3

0.051

Caregiver’s age

     

< 25

143

48.0

68

46.0

0.684

25 or more

155

52.0

80

54.0

 

School education level (no. of years)

     

Never attended

81

54.7

187

62.8

0.253

1-5

17

11.5

26

8.7

 

6 or more

50

33.8

85

28.5

 

Literacy

     

Literate

101

68.2

192

64.4

0.424

Illiterate

47

31.8

106

35.6

 

Caste‡

     

Upper caste

93

62.8

205

68.8

0.451

Janajati (indegious)

11

7.4

18

6.0

 

Dalit

44

29.7

75

25.2

 

Economic status

     

Poor

58

39.2

120

40.3

0.969

Middle

60

40.5

120

40.3

 

Rich

30

20.3

58

19.5

 

Decision maker about child health care

     

Mother can decide

125

84.5

279

93.6

0.002**

Mother-in-law decides

28

18.9

45

15.1

0.515

Able to pay costs for health care

     

Yes/Usually

109

73.7

276

92.6

<0.001**

Have health facility within 1 hour walk

     

Yes

100

67.6

167

56.0

0.019*

Time to FCHV's house

     

Less than 10 minutes

77

52.0

86

28.9

<0.001**

11-30 minutes

49

33.1

118

39.6

 

More than 30 minutes

22

14.9

94

31.5

 

Have participated in mothers' group

50

33.8

32

10.7

<0.001**

  1. , Chi-square test; , Fisher’s exact test.
  2. *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01.