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Table 2 Distribution of self-reported symptoms for acute and chronic conditions

From: Healthcare seeking behaviour among self-help group households in Rural Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India

 

Category

Means

  

Pooled

Kanpur Dehat

Pratapgarh

Vaishali

Acute (N = 4171)

Gastrointestinal symptoms (1/0)

0.52

0.57

0.56

0.46

Febrile symptoms (1/0)

0.08

0.06

0.05

0.14

Lungs/respiratory symptoms (1/0)

0.20

0.15

0.21

0.22

Musculoskeletal symptoms (1/0)

0.04

0.03

0.05

0.03

Other symptoms (1/0)

0.16

0.19

0.13

0.15

Chronic (N = 3277)

Lungs/respiratory symptoms (1/0)

0.15

0.17

0.09

0.21

Gastrointestinal symptoms (1/0)

0.15

0.13

0.14

0.19

Musculoskeletal symptoms (1/0)

0.24

0.20

0.35

0.09

Chronic allergies/infections (1/0)

0.10

0.08

0.09

0.14

Other symptoms (1/0)

0.27

0.33

0.24

0.28

Internal symptoms (1/0)

0.09

0.09

0.10

0.09

  1. Underlined categories are used as reference categories in the regression models. Chronic conditions exclude children younger than 13 years of age