Mediation analysis of social and economic position on health-seeking behaviour for under-5 children with diarrhoea and ARI in Myanmar
| Outcomes | Total effect | Direct effect | Mediation effect |
| Mean (%) (95% CI) | Mean (%) (95% CI) | Mean (%) (95% CI) | |
| Diarrhoea | |||
| Seeking treatment | 11.7 (3.8 to 19.8) | 11.1 (2.4 to 19.8) | 0.5 (−2.8 to 4.0) |
| Formal health provider | 14.3 (4.7 to 25.8) | 12.1 (1.6 to 23.4) | 2.6 (1.3 to 6.8) |
| Public provider | −9.9 (−14.8 to -3.4) | −6.8 (−12.6 to −0.3) | −2.3 (−5.4 to 0.0) |
| Private provider | 9.8 (3.9 to 14.6) | 6.9 (0.1 to 12.4) | 2.2 (0.2 to 5.5) |
| ARI | |||
| Seeking treatment | 6.9 (−4.7 to 21.2) | 4.8 (−8.0 to 20.3) | 2.1 (−3.7 to 7.8) |
| Formal health provider | 9.3 (−0.7 to 22.7) | 5.1 (−4.1 to 18.3) | 4.6 (−1.1 to 11.6) |
| Public provider | 0.4 (−15.7 to 17.3) | −1.6 (−19.3 to 17.0) | 1.8 (−3.1 to 6.6) |
| Private provider | −0.9 (−17.8 to 16.4) | 0.9 (−17.6 to 19.6) | −1.7 (−7.1 to 2.8) |
ARI, acute respiratory infection; Direct effect, direct effect of social position on child health-seeking; Mediation effect, mediation effect of economic position on child health-seeking; Total effect, total effect of social position mediated by economic position on child health-seeking.