Determinants of the type of health care sought for symptoms of Acute respiratory infection in children: analysis of Ghana demographic and health surveys

Table 1 Descriptive summary of study variables (n = 1,544)

	Frequency	Percentage
Treatment for ARI symptoms
No treatment sought	885	57.32
Medical treatment	593	38.41
Self-care or traditional healer	66	4.27
Child Age
4 years	193	12.50
3 years	235	15.22
2 years	314	20.34
1 year	429	27.78
less than 1 year	373	24.16
Child Sex
Male	788	51.04
Female	756	48.96
Maternal Age
15-19 years	67	4.34
20-24 years	328	21.24
25-29 years	430	27.85
30-34 years	321	20.79
35-39 years	231	14.96
40-44 years	123	7.97
45-49 years	44	2.85
Marital Status - Mother
Married	1152	74.61
Common-law	224	14.51
Widowed/divorced/separated	106	6.87
Never-in-union	62	4.02
Religion - Mother
Christian	1108	71.76
Islam	234	15.16
Traditional	86	5.57
Other	92	5.96
No religion	24	1.55
Highest level of Education - Mother
No formal education	643	41.65
Primary	370	23.96
Secondary or High School	497	32.19
Post-secondary	34	2.20
Employment status - Mother
Unemployed	290	13.54
Employed	1335	86.46
Health Insurance status
Uninsured	1170	75.78
Insured	374	24.22
Sex of Household head
Male	1155	74.81
Female	389	24.19
Household wealth
Poorest	519	33.61
Poorer	342	22.15
Middle	297	19.24
Rich	224	14.51
Richest	162	10.49
Region of Residence
Western	143	9.26
Central	118	7.64
Greater Accra	115	7.54
Volta	170	11.01
Eastern	160	10.36
Ashanti	187	12.11
Brong-Ahafo	132	8.55
Northern	240	15.54
Upper East	119	7.71
Upper West	160	10.36
Place of residence
Urban	418	27.07
Rural	1126	72.93
DHS Period
1993 GDHS	98	6.35
1998 GDHS	429	27.78
2003 GDHS	350	22.67
2008 GHDS	303	19.62
2014 GDHS	364	23.58

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