Predictors of care seeking behaviour in the Neovita trial population
| Characteristics | Neovita study population | Neovita trial infants with acute illness | Neovita trial infants whose families sought care | Unadjusted OR | p Value | Adjusted OR* | p Value |
| n=22 955 | n=6265 (27.3%) | n=5520 (88.1%) | |||||
| Religion | |||||||
| Christian | 15 979 | 4314 (27.0%) | 3820 (88.5%) | 1.00 | 0.121 | 1.00 | 0.195 |
| Muslim | 5511 | 1566 (28.4%) | 1357 (86.7%) | 0.84 (0.70 to 1.00) | 0.86 (0.72 to 1.03) | ||
| Traditional Africa/none | 1465 | 385 (26.3%) | 343 (89.1%) | 1.06 (0.76 to 1.47) | 1.10 (0.79 to 1.55) | ||
| Missing data | – | – | |||||
| Mother’s highest educational level | |||||||
| None | 7127 | 2009 (28.2%) | 1752 (86.2%) | 0.89 (0.73 to 1.09) | 0.89 (0.72 to 1.10) | ||
| Primary | 4236 | 1241 (29.3%) | 1088 (87.7%) | 0.85 (0.72 to 1.01) | 0.84 (0.69 to 1.03) | ||
| Secondary | 11 578 | 3013 (26.0%) | 2678 (88.9%) | 1.00 | 0.174 | 1.00 | 0.260 |
| Carer did not know | 14 | 2 (14.3%) | 2 | – | |||
| Income status of household | |||||||
| 1 (Lowest) | 4510 | 1316 (29.2%) | 1147 (86.6%) | 0.87 (0.69 to 1.11) | 1.00 (0.75 to 1.33) | ||
| 2 | 4550 | 1297 (28.5%) | 1147 (86.4%) | 0.98 (0.77 to 1.26) | 1.07 (0.82 to 1.39) | ||
| 3 | 4583 | 1274 (27.8%) | 1130 (88.7%) | 1.01 (0.79 to 1.30) | 1.08 (0.83 to 1.39) | ||
| 4 | 4644 | 1212 (26.1%) | 1063 (87.7%) | 0.92 (0.72 to 1.18) | 0.95 (0.74 to 1.22) | ||
| 5 (Highest) | 4668 | 1166 (25.0%) | 1033 (88.6%) | 1.00 | 0.714 | 1.00 | 0.848 |
| Missing data | – | – | – | ||||
| Maternal age (years) | |||||||
| Less than 20 | 2646 | 760 (28.7%) | 658 (86.6%) | 1.00 | 0.208 | 1.00 | 0.131 |
| 20–29 | 12 041 | 3269 (27.1%) | 2900 (88.7%) | 1.22 (0.96 to 1.54) | 1.23 (0.97 to 1.57) | ||
| 30 or more | 8239 | 2228 (27.0%) | 1954 (87.7%) | 1.11 (0.87 to 1.41) | 1.15 (0.89 to 1.48) | ||
| Carer did not know | 30 | 8 (26.7%) | 8 | – | |||
| Site of delivery | |||||||
| Health facility | 17 581 | 4775 (27.2%) | 4213 (88.2%) | 1.00 | 0.595 | 1.00 | 0.886 |
| Home | 5374 | 1490 (27.7%) | 1307 (87.7%) | 0.95 (0.80 to 1.14) | 1.01 (0.83 to 1.24) | ||
| Missing data | – | ||||||
| Distance to health facility | |||||||
| <1 km | 13 880 | 3657 (26.3%) | 3234 (88.4%) | 1.00 | 0.278 | 1.00 | 0.369 |
| 1–4.9 km | 5285 | 1497 (28.3%) | 1324 (88.4%) | 1.00 (0.83 to 1.21) | 0.99 (1.82 to 1.20) | ||
| 5–10 km | 2950 | 752 (25.5%) | 646 (85.9%) | 0.80 (0.63 to 1.00) | 0.80 (0.62 to 1.03) | ||
| 10 km or more | 1197 | 359 (30.0%) | 316 (88.0%) | 0.96 (0.69 to 1.34) | 0.96 (0.68 to 1.37) | ||
| Missing data | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Birth weight | |||||||
| Less than 2.5 kg | 3592 | 998 (27.8%) | 867 (86.9%) | 0.87 (0.71 to 1.07) | 0.89 (0.72 to 1.09) | ||
| 2.5 kg or greater | 19 361 | 5267 (27.2%) | 4653 (88.3%) | 1.00 | 0.194 | 1.00 | 0.260 |
| Missing data | – | – | – | ||||
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 11 649 | 3296 (28.3%) | 2931 (88.9%) | 1.00 | 0.035 | 1.00 | 0.039 |
| Female | 11 306 | 2969 (26.3%) | 2589 (87.2%) | 0.84 (0.73 to 0.99) | 0.85 (0.73 to 0.99) | ||
*Adjusted for religion, maternal education, distance to health facility, site of delivery and sex.