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Table 1 Characteristics of households and children, baseline community case management survey (CCM) in 4 districts in Sierra Leone 2010

From: Healthcare seeking for diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia among children in four poor rural districts in Sierra Leone in the context of free health care: results of a cross-sectional survey

 

Districts that will receive CCM

Districts that will not receive CCM

Total

 

N= 3152

N=2799

N = 5951

Variable

Weighted%

95% C.L.

Weighted%

95% C.L.

Weighted%

95% C.L.

Polygamous household

38.5

33.8-.66.2

25.4

18.2-32.7

31.3

26.9-35.7

Religion of head of household

 Islam

94.9

92.9-96.9

77.9

72.0-83.8

85.6

82.1-89.0

 Christian

4.9

2.9-6.9

21.9

16.1-27.8

14.2

10.8-17.7

 Other

0.2

00--0.6

0.2

0-0.3

0.2

0.0-0.4

Tribe of household:

Mende

43,4

31.7-55.0

29.9

19.1-40.8

36.0

27.9-44.1

Temne

33.7

23.9-43.5

54.8

42.8-66.9

45.3

36.9-53.7

Susa

12.1

6.1-18.1

0.1

0.0-.0.2

5.5

2.6-8.4

Limba

8.1

3.5-12.7

4.4

0.7-8.1

6.0

3.1-8.9

Kissi

0.0

3.5-12.7

5.6

2.4-8.7

3.1

1.4-4.8

Koranko

0.0

0.0-0.0

3.9

0.0-7.9

2.1

0.0-4.3

Other

3.6

0.0-0.1 0.9-4.5

1.3

0.5-2.1

2.0

0.3-2.9

Selected assets of household:

Radio

43.6

38.1-49.2

35.2

30.9-39.4

38.9

35.5-42.5

Mobile phone

30.6

26.7-34.4

23.3

18.9-27.7

26.6

23.6-29.6

No sanitation

33.3

26.7-38.8

38.7

31.9-45.4

36.3

31.5-41.1

Unprotected water

53.4

44.6-62.2

61.5

41.6-61.6

57.9

51.4-64.4

Dirt floor

78.2

74.0-82.3

80.6

76.9-84.4

79.5

76.8-82.3

Electricity

1.7

0.7-2.8

0.3

0.1-0.5

0.9

0.4-1.5

Wood cooking

98.7

97.6-99.7

98.9

97.8-100

98.8

98.0--99.6

Atleast one women in household went to school

26.7

39.1-49.8

25.8

21.8-29.8

26.5

39.1-49.8

Proportion of Households in poorest Wealth Quintile:

18.7

14.1-23.3

24.8

20.1-29.4

22.0

18.7-25.4

Household distance to nearest health facility:

< 5 Km

77.5

67.1-87.9

59.2

46.5-71.9

67.4

58.6-76.3

> 5 Km

20.6

11.1-30.0

25.0

12.4-37.6

23.0

14.8-31.2

unknown

2.0

0.4-3.5

15.8

6.4-25.1

9.6

4.2-14.9

Male gender of child

50.0

47.5-52.4

48.9

46.8-51.0

49.4

47.8-51.0

If child is infant

24.8

22.1-27.6

24.7

23.0-26.6

24.8

23.2-26.4

2 week prevalence::

Diarrhoea

26.5

23.2-29.7

24.9

21.4–28.5

25.6

23.2-28.0

Fever

67.1

62.8-71.4

65.5

62.1-68.9

66.3

63.6-69.0

Possible pneumonia

16.9

12.2-21.6

22.0

19.4-24.7

19.7

17.2-22.2