Household relationships and healthcare seeking behaviour for common childhood illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-national mixed effects analysis

Table 2 Household relationships among mothers of under-five children who sought care for diarrhea and ARI symptoms from health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, 2012–2016

	Health facility care for diarrhea					Health facility care for ARI symptoms
Variables	Western Africa	Central Africa	Eastern Africa	Southern Africa	sub-Saharan Africa	Western Africa	Central Africa	Eastern Africa	Southern Africa	sub-Saharan Africa
Maternal marital profile
Never married	46.2	40	43.2	63	50.1	48.2	51	55.4	64.3	55.3
First order marriage, monogamy	42.7	33.2	36.7	59.2	43.4	44.7	34.8	45.7	63.3	46.3
First order marriage, polygyny	40.6	28.6	51.4	56.9	41.2	42.2	29.9	53.3	59.3	44.4
Higher order marriage, monogamy	45.1	37.8	31.9	55.8	44.7	47.0	36.5	30.3	60.6	45.5
Higher order marriage, polygyny	39.2	29.2	41.6	56.2	39.9	39	27.2	50.8	55.6	40.3
Formerly married	44.4	31.4	41.7	58.6	44.3	44.4	28.7	50.1	64.7	46.9
Maternal relationship to household head
Head	46.5	30.7	48.1	58.6	46.8	50.9	34.3	50.4	65.6	50.5
Wife	40.1	32.6	41.7	58.5	42	41.7	33.6	48.2	61.3	44.4
Daughter/in-law	47.2	32.5	35.4	60.3	45.5	46.7	34.2	48.7	61	47.5
Others	48.7	36.2	34.5	59.8	46.7	50.2	36.8	49.1	71.5	51.7

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