Table 3 Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio for determinants of mothers’ treatment-seeking behavior for ARI episode in Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 1280)
Characteristics | Unadjusted | Adjusted (backward elimination) * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
COR (95% Cl) | p-value | AOR (95% CI) | p-value | |
Sex of the household head | ||||
Male | ||||
Female | 2.286 (1.569–3.331) | 0.000 | 1.861 (1.233–2.808) | 0.003 |
Place of delivery | ||||
Institution | ||||
Home | 0.341 (0.258–0.452) | 0.000 | 0.551 (0.392–0.773) | 0.001 |
Postnatal check-up | ||||
Yes | ||||
No | 0.332 (0.230–0.480) | 0.000 | 0.548 (0.358–0.839) | 0.006 |
Intimate partners violence | ||||
No | ||||
Yes, low to high | 1.998 (1.457–2.740) | 0.000 | 1.556 (1.106–2.190) | 0.011 |
Birth order | ||||
First | ||||
Other | 0.522 (0.381–0.716) | 0.000 | 0.641 (0.450–0.911) | 0.013 |
Immunization | ||||
Had at least one vaccination | ||||
Never had vaccination | 0.457 (0.281–0.742) | 0.000 | 0.475 (0.285–0.792) | 0.004 |
Father’s literacy status | ||||
Literate | ||||
Illiterate | 1.537 (1.167–2.024) | 0.002 | 0.672 (0.504–0.896) | 0.007 |
Household wealth | ||||
Poorer and poorest | ||||
Medium | 0.951 (0.678–1.334) | 0.772 | ||
Richer and richest | 1.970 (1.456–2.665) | 0.000 | ||
Type of family structure | ||||
Monogamous | ||||
Polygamous | 1.141 (0.839–1.550) | 0.401 | ||
Mother’s literacy status | ||||
Literate | ||||
Illiterate | 1.537 (1.167–2.024) | 0.000 | ||
Women work status | ||||
Working | ||||
Not working | 0.644 (0.490–0.847) | 0.002 | ||
Children ever born | ||||
1–3 | ||||
4–6 | 0.739 (0.549–0.995) | 0.046 | ||
6 + | 0.787 (0.558–1.109) | 0.171 | ||
Residence | ||||
Urban | ||||
Rural | 0.246 (0.150–0.404) | 0.000 | ||
Wealth at community level (%) | 1.478 (1.283–0.703) | 0.000 | ||
Women education at the community level (mean years of schooling completed) | 1.191 (1.098–0.292) | 0.000 | ||