Table 3 Variation of health-seeking practices in relation to socio-demographic differences
From: Poverty-related diseases (PRDs): unravelling complexities in disease responses in Cameroon
| Socio-demographic variables | Response to diseases in general (N = 272) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal % | Informal % | Both % | ||
| Sex | Male | 71.1 | 23.7 | 5.2 |
| Female | 70.0 | 23.8 | 6.3 | |
| Participants’ age in ranges | <25 | 73.1 | 22.2 | 4.8 |
| 25 or older | 65.5 | 26.2 | 8.3 | |
| Marital status | Married | 100 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Single | 70.4 | 24.1 | 5.5 | |
| Participants’ income level in thousand FCFA | <20 | 66.7 | 30.5 | 2.9 |
| 20–50 | 75.0 | 17.7 | 7.3 | |
| 50–100 | 65.4 | 26.9 | 7.7 | |
| >100 | 71.4 | 19.0 | 9.5 | |