Table 4 Bivariate analyses, by country, of factors associated with reasons for delays among those who delayed care-seeking using chi-square tests
From: Self-reported delays in care-seeking in West Africa during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
|  | Burkina Faso (n = 114) | Ghana (n = 168) | Sierra Leone (n = 64) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cost (%) | p value | Concern (%) | p value | Cost (%) | p value | Concern (%) | p value | Cost (%) | p value | Concern (%) | p value | |
Total | 11.5 | Â | 85.3 | Â | 27.8 | Â | 63.7 | Â | 45.8 | Â | 56.6 | Â |
Male/Female | Â | 0.41 | Â | 0.43 | Â | 0.08 | Â | 0.11 | Â | 0.70 | Â | 0.23 |
 Male | 7.7 |  | 81.2 |  | 35.4 |  | 56.0 |  | 42.5 |  | 46.0 |  |
 Female | 13.1 |  | 86.9 |  | 21.9 |  | 69.7 |  | 48.6 |  | 65.6 |  |
Location | Â | 0.98 | Â | 0.35 | Â | 0.97 | Â | 0.89 | Â | 0.43 | Â | 0.36 |
 Urban | 11.4 |  | 88.2 |  | 27.6 |  | 64.8 |  | 43.2 |  | 59.7 |  |
 Non-Urban | 11.7 |  | 81.0 |  | 27.8 |  | 63.5 |  | 63.5 |  | 36.5 |  |
Highest level of education completed | Â | 0.15 | Â | 0.34 | Â | 0.15 | Â | 0.39 | Â | 0.32 | Â | 0.56 |
 Less than secondary | 19.7 |  | 84.1 |  | 35.6 |  | 56.8 |  | 43.9 |  | 47.4 |  |
 Secondary or vocational | 13.1 |  | 78.7 |  | 30.8 |  | 64.3 |  | 30.5 |  | 61.0 |  |
 Post-secondary | 3.3 |  | 91.6 |  | 18.5 |  | 70.7 |  | 60.5 |  | 65.6 |  |
Food insecuritya | Â | 0.11 | Â | 0.99 | Â | 0.02* | Â | 0.35 | Â | 0.0001** | Â | 0.30 |
 No | 3.5 |  | 85.3 |  | 16.7 |  | 68.8 |  | 4.4 |  | 74.0 |  |
 Yes | 14.7 |  | 85.3 |  | 35.3 |  | 60.3 |  | 51.5 |  | 54.3 |  |