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Table 3 Comparison of child health factors across regions: riverine and mainland, October-November 2011

From: Can Sierra Leone maintain the equitable delivery of their Free Health Care Initiative? The case for more contextualised interventions: results of a cross-sectional survey

Variable

Riverine

Mainland

Chi-squared

p-value

n

%

n

%

Child Deaths

2

0.4 %

19

2.7 %

7.545

.006

Birth Certificate

163

33.5 %

231

33.0 %

0.013

.909

HIV Tested

291

60.4 %

550

80.2 %

54.086

.000

Child (12-59months) Dewormed

 Last 12 months

 Last 6 months

425

418

92.6 %

91.9 %

548

534

91.5 %

91.9 %

.294

.000

.588

1.000

Child (6–59months) Vitamin A Supplement

 Last 6 months

 Last 12 months

428

426

432

92.6 %

93.0 %

93.3 %

573

563

578

94.1 %

94.1 %

94.9 %

0.680

0.387

0.967

.410

.534

.326

Fully immunised

 Pre-FHCI

 Post-FHCI

393

273

120

84.9 %

86.4 %

81.6 %

560

413

147

91.5 %

92.0 %

90.2 %

10.840

5.669

4.042

.001

.017

.044

  Full OPV

423

90.2 %

612

94.3 %

6.098

.014

  Full DPT

414

87.5 %

613

94.6 %

16.893

.000

  Full PCV

431

91.5 %

613

94.9 %

4.568

.033

  BCG

444

91.7 %

674

96.6 %

12.073

.001

  Measles

417

91.4 %

568

93.7 %

1.690

.194

All 3 PNC

299

61.8 %

415

60.1 %

0.284

.594

Slept under net

470

96.5 %

660

96.4 %

0.000

1.000

Net was intact

244

52.5 %

430

65.4 %

18.577

.000

Breastfed

29

78.4 %

61

82.4 %

0.066

.797

MUAC

7

1.5 %

19

3.0 %

1.857

.173

Diarrhoea

24

5.0 %

25

3.7 %

0.903

.342

ARI

32

6.6 %

79

11.6 %

7.569

.006

Fever

53

11.0 %

113

16.6 %

6.952

.008

Treated in last 24 h

36

50.7 %

96

76.2 %

12.214

.000