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Table 2 Descriptive results of healthcare utilization for fever among child, maternal, household and health facility-level characteristics from the baseline (2013) and endline (2017) survey data for the impact evaluation of Performance-Based Financing (PBF) in Burkina Faso

From: Factors associated with mothers’ health care-seeking behaviours for childhood fever in Burkina Faso: findings from repeated cross-sectional household surveys

Characteristics

2013

2017

Proportion test of increase (p-value)

N

Sought appropriate health care (%)

N

Sought appropriate health care (%)

Sex of child

Male

442

75.31

558

80.10

0.0695*

Female

374

75.05

509

79.39

0.1267

Child’s age

 

0–11 months

269

82.35

436

86.22

0.1651

12–23 months

335

72.10

366

77.78

0.0825*

24–35 months

213

71.00

265

71.86

0.8360

Children full immunized

No

339

73.53

520

77.49

0.1845

Yes

477

79.29

547

81.40

0.3960

Mother's age

15–24

333

78.38

347

78.35

0.9924

25–34

370

72.22

515

82.31

0.0003***

 ≥ 35

113

75.52

206

75.77

0.9603

Mother’s marital status

Unmarried

21

75.00

45

78.48

0.7530

Monogamous marriage

576

76.92

664

81.10

0.0707*

Polygamous marriage

220

75.54

352

78.50

0.4105

Mother's education level

No education

690

70.48

848

79.19

0.0001***

Primary education

83

75.00

141

79.76

0.4706

Secondary & + 

44

87.27

78

86.03

0.8485

Mother’s occupation

Not working

519

75.15

637

81.21

0.0126**

Working

290

74.66

423

78.62

0.2170

Household size

1–3

263

75.90

681

79.14

0.2795

4–5

378

75.52

243

84.00

0.0116**

 ≥ 6

176

73.42

143

75.50

0.6722

Number of elderly persons in the household

None

731

77.27

944

85.19

0.0000***

One

68

68.60

108

71.81

0.6491

 ≥ 2

17

75.76

15

80.58

0.7425

Number of children under five

1

292

73.98

388

76.25

0.4970

2

380

75.42

459

82.65

0.0100**

 ≥ 3

145

77.05

220

79.95

0.5071

Household wealth index

Poorest

150

71.96

198

77.97

0.1975

Poorer

150

73.02

207

78.67

0.2153

Middle

140

73.45

182

76.73

0.4987

Richer

175

75.11

214

82.57

0.0713*

Richest

203

80.47

267

81.76

0.7229

Received four skilled antenatal visits

 < 4

413

71.51

368

78.23

0.0311*

 >  = 4

403

78.88

699

80.57

0.4997

Received postnatal visits

No postnatal visits

242

72.55

219

73.63

0.7941

At least one postnatal visit

574

76.31

848

81.35

0.0213*

Waiting time in the health facility

Not acceptable

87

68.18

193

78.04

0.0779*

Acceptable

714

75.86

859

80.33

0.0322*

Safety in the health facility

Not safe

350

69.81

434

59.73

0.0034 ***

Safe

453

81.67

633

89.66

0.0002***

Confidence in the health facility

No

32

74.97

75

77.86

0.7450

Yes

771

82.50

983

79.85

0.1601

All respondents

814

75.19

1067

79.76

0.0182*

  1. ***p < .01, ** p < .05, * p < .1