Table 2 Logistic regression analysis predicting healthcare seeking behaviour during illness

Food security status

Severely food insecure

1.00

1.00

1.00

Moderately food insecure

1.32

0.89

1.95

1.14

0.73

1.78

1.08

0.68

1.71

Mildly food insecure

2.65***

1.59

4.43

2.16***

1.23

3.81

1.89**

1.06

3.40

Food secure

2.87***

2.09

3.93

2.09***

1.45

3.00

1.80***

1.23

2.61

Education

Higher

1.00

1.00

Secondary

1.15

0.66

2.03

1.35

0.75

2.43

Primary

1.25

0.73

2.13

1.71*

0.97

3.03

No education

0.69

0.38

1.23

1.19

0.63

2.24

Occupation

Civil servant

1.00

1.00

Agriculture

0.52**

0.29

0.93

0.73

0.39

1.36

Business

0.54**

0.30

0.95

0.66

0.36

1.21

Unemployed

0.36***

0.18

0.73

0.45**

0.22

0.96

Other

1.05

0.53

2.10

1.28

0.62

2.61

Marital status

Married

1.00

1.00

Divorced

0.89

0.52

1.52

1.07

0.62

1.84

Single

0.61

0.31

1.18

0.69

0.35

1.35

Widowed

1.13

0.79

1.62

1.26

0.87

1.83

Gender

Male

1.00

1.00

Female

0.77

0.55

1.08

0.75

0.53

1.06

Age (years)

≥ 80

1.00

1.00

70–79

0.95

0.59

1.53

0.99

0.61

1.61

60–69

0.99

0.63

1.55

1.06

0.67

1.68

Region of residence

Bono East

1.00

1.00

Greater Accra

0.62**

0.40

0.96

0.73

0.46

1.16

Upper West

1.22

0.77

1.94

1.73**

1.06

2.84

Place of residence

Urban

1.00

1.00

Rural

0.32***

0.23

0.44

0.37***

0.27

0.53

Religion

Christian

1.00

1.00

Muslim

0.89

0.61

1.29

0.95

0.64

1.41

Traditionalist

0.22***

0.09

0.50

0.22***

0.09

0.52

No religion

0.22***

0.07

0.68

0.24**

0.08

0.76

Health insurance

No

1.00

Yes

1.46*

0.96

2.22

Household wealth

Richest

1.00

Richer

1.66*

0.91

3.02

Middle

3.16***

1.72

5.83

Poorer

4.74***

2.57

8.73

Poorest

4.93***

2.54

9.55

F

16.51***

6.65***

6.21***