Table 1 Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of mothers of under-five children who sought care for diarrhea and ARI symptoms from health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, 2012–2016
| Â | Health facility care for diarrhea | Health facility care for ARI symptoms | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Western Africa | Central Africa | Eastern Africa | Southern Africa | sub-Saharan Africa | Western Africa | Central Africa | Eastern Africa | Southern Africa | sub-Saharan Africa | |
Maternal age (years) | ||||||||||
  < 20 | 42.0 | 35.6 | 37.5 | 60.7 | 44.7 | 46.7 | 35.9 | 46.7 | 63.2 | 47.2 |
 20–29 | 42.6 | 32.5 | 42.2 | 59.2 | 43.8 | 44.0 | 34.5 | 50.1 | 63.5 | 46.8 |
 30–39 | 43.0 | 32.9 | 42.3 | 57.6 | 43.3 | 44.2 | 33.4 | 48.2 | 61.6 | 45.7 |
  > =40 | 39.2 | 27.6 | 37.2 | 58.7 | 39.3 | 42.6 | 30.0 | 42.5 | 60.3 | 42.4 |
Maternal education | ||||||||||
 None | 40.5 | 25.3 | 39.7 | 53.8 | 38.0 | 41.3 | 22.4 | 39.2 | 62.2 | 37.9 |
 Primary | 42.2 | 33.3 | 39.8 | 60.9 | 45.7 | 42.0 | 33.3 | 46.9 | 61.8 | 46.9 |
 Secondary/higher | 48.8 | 38.5 | 47.4 | 57.0 | 47.8 | 54.0 | 44.7 | 57.3 | 64.0 | 54.5 |
Employment status | ||||||||||
 Working | 41.6 | 33.7 | 33.6 | 60.3 | 42.3 | 44.2 | 34.6 | 42.8 | 66.1 | 45.6 |
 Not working | 43.7 | 31.2 | 40.8 | 56.9 | 43.4 | 44.0 | 33.0 | 48.2 | 58.1 | 44.9 |
Household wealth quintile | ||||||||||
 Poorest | 35.3 | 27.7 | 44.9 | 57.9 | 40.0 | 37.3 | 26.6 | 46.6 | 61.1 | 41.6 |
 Poor | 41.5 | 31.9 | 42.0 | 58.1 | 42.9 | 39.5 | 32.7 | 50.3 | 59.5 | 44.1 |
 Middle | 43.8 | 32.3 | 41.5 | 61.2 | 44.2 | 45.5 | 32.6 | 44.9 | 64.9 | 45.9 |
 Richer | 46.7 | 34.0 | 39.4 | 60.1 | 45.4 | 48.2 | 36.1 | 48.7 | 63.5 | 48.2 |
 Richest | 47.9 | 38.8 | 37.6 | 57.2 | 45.9 | 52.9 | 45.2 | 54.8 | 66.2 | 53.6 |
Residence | ||||||||||
 Rural | 40.7 | 31.2 | 41.5 | 59.6 | 43.1 | 41.0 | 28.5 | 48.2 | 62.2 | 44.3 |
 Urban | 45.9 | 34.8 | 41.6 | 57.0 | 44.1 | 50.6 | 43.2 | 49.9 | 64.1 | 50.3 |
Age of child (months) | ||||||||||
 0–11 | 43.2 | 34.0 | 42.2 | 57.1 | 43.5 | 45.8 | 36.0 | 49.3 | 63.7 | 47.1 |
 12–23 | 45.7 | 32.6 | 40.8 | 62.9 | 45.8 | 46.2 | 39.5 | 50.1 | 64.2 | 48.8 |
 24–35 | 40.6 | 32.2 | 41.9 | 58.7 | 42.5 | 43.8 | 31.3 | 47.7 | 63.5 | 45.6 |
 36–59 | 38.9 | 31.4 | 41.6 | 54.4 | 40.6 | 40.9 | 29.5 | 47.9 | 60.2 | 43.6 |
Birth order | ||||||||||
 1 | 43.3 | 36.5 | 39.3 | 60.7 | 45.8 | 47.2 | 42.2 | 49.5 | 65.5 | 50.8 |
 2–3 | 43.5 | 32.2 | 44.0 | 57.6 | 44.3 | 45.5 | 34.7 | 52.5 | 62.4 | 48.3 |
 4–5 | 42.2 | 32.4 | 40.8 | 59.4 | 43.1 | 43.1 | 31.1 | 46.7 | 61.1 | 44.0 |
  > =6 | 40.1 | 30.3 | 40.0 | 57.8 | 39.6 | 40.1 | 29.0 | 40.6 | 60.4 | 39.4 |
No of under-5 in household | ||||||||||
  < = 2 | 42.9 | 34.2 | 42.6 | 59.1 | 45.0 | 44.3 | 36.4 | 49.5 | 64.1 | 48.2 |
  > =3 | 41.6 | 29.2 | 37.0 | 57.7 | 39.4 | 43.8 | 29.0 | 45.2 | 53.3 | 40.4 |