Table 2 Sample characteristics

Sample scale

N

N

N

Number of villages

101

98

75

Number of households

1037

718

186

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Distance to the closest health facility (km)

continuous

2.22

1.25

2.19

1.24

2.14

1.28

Age (years)

continuous

21.43

18.2

19.56

17.57

19.62

17.12

Illness duration (days]

continuous

7.91

8.27

8.67

8.85

9.58

10.21

Accompanying persons

continuous

1.19

0.61

1.22

0.60

N

%

N

%

N

%

Age

0 = 0–4 years;

513

18.72

419

22.24

117

23.68

1 = 5–14 years;

793

28.94

562

29.83

133

26.92

2 = 15–39 years;

971

35.44

637

33.81

171

34.62

3 = 39+ years

463

16.90

266

14.12

73

14.78

Sex

0 = male;

1283

46.82

844

44.80

230

46.56

1 = female

1457

53.18

1040

55.20

264

53.44

Education (education of household head if child < 14 years)

0 = no formal education

1726

62.99

1164

61.78

295

59.72

1 = any formal education

1014

37.01

720

38.22

199

40.28

Household head

0 = others;

2157

78.72

1523

80.84

391

79.15

1 = being household head

583

21.28

361

19.16

103

20.85

Reported chronic illness

0 = no chronic illness reported;

2356

85.99

1678

89.07

436

88.26

1 = chronic illness reported

384

14.01

206

10.93

58

11.74

Limitation imposed on routine activities

0 = no perceived limitation on routine activities

1047

38.21

587

31.16

125

25.30

1 = perceived limitation on routine activities

1693

61.79

1297

68.84

369

74.70

Hospitalization

0 = no hospitalization;

2636

96.20

1780

94.48

463

93.72

1 = hospitalization

104

3.80

104

5.52

31

6.28

Socio economic status (wealth quartiles)

1 = poorest (1st wealth quartile)

686

25.04

484

25.69

108

21.86

2 = poor (2nd wealth quartile)

685

25.00

486

25.80

109

22.06

3 = less poor (3rd wealth quartile)

685

25.00

478

25.37

126

25.51

4 = least poor (4th wealth quartile)

684

24.96

436

25.14

151

30.57

Household size

0 = 0–5 members;

1483

54,12

1036

54.99

297

60.12

1 = 5+ members

1257

45,88

848

45.02

197

39.88

Location of household

0 = rural

2598

94.82

1791

95.06

470

95.14

1 = urban

142

5.18

93

4.94

24

4.86