Table 2 Factors associated with health care seeking behaviors of mothers’ for childhood illness, Bure district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2013

Age of mothers’ in year

≤ 30 years

380

76

1

≥ 31 years

276

95

0.58(0.414,0.816)

Occupation of mothers’

Farmer

318

112

1

Merchant

107

14

2.692(1.481,4.891)

House wife

231

45

1.808(1.230,2.658)

Occupation of husband (672)

Farmer

358

100

1

Merchant

108

21

1.437(0.856,2.410)

Governmental

35

7

1.397(0.602,3.239)

Others^

39

4

2.723(0.951,7.803)

Residence

Rural

424

129

1

1

Urban

232

42

1.681(1.146,2.465)

11.501(5.407, 24.483)^**

Perceived severity

Not perceived sever

189

125

1

1

Perceived sever

467

46

6.714(4.601 ,9.798)

9.258(5.88 , 14.562)^**

Health extension package

Graduated

572

96

1

1

un graduated

84

75

0.188(0.129,0.275)

0.034(0.016 , 0.074)^**

Type of reported illness

Diarrhea

288

59

1

1

Fever

207

46

0.922(0.603,1.410)

1.197(0.695, 2.031)¹

ARI

161

66

0.500(0.335,0.746)

0.623(0.375, 1.037)¹

Age of children in month

0 – 11 month

180

58

1

12 – 23 month

144

23

2.017(1.187,3.429)

24 – 35 month

151

40

1.216(0.770,1.922)

36 – 47 month

78

29

0.867(0.516,1.456)

48 – 59 month

103

21

1.580(0.907,2.757)

Sex of the child

Female

340

102

1

1

Male

316

69

1.374(0.976,1.934)

1.610(1.040 , 2. 495)^*

Knowledge status of mothers’

Poor

355

104

1

Good

301

67

1.316(0.934,1.855)

Educational status of husband

No formal education

358

104

1

1

Formal education

182

28

1.888(1.199,2.973)

2.467(1.385 , 4.380)^*

Wealth quintiles

Lowest

119

51

1

1

Second

132

31

1.825(1.095,3.041)

1.561(0.845 , 2.885)

Middle

144

23

2.683(1.550,4.646)

5.126(2.544 , 10.331)^**

Fourth

136

36

1.619(0.989,2.469)

1.720(0.897 , 3.297)

Highest

125

30

1.786(1.066,2.992)

1.644(0.843 , 3.205)