| Variable | Effective | % |
| 1) Disease cases in households (N = 389) | ||
| No | 20 | 5.2 |
| Yes | 369 | 94.8 |
| 2) Characteristics of the patient | ||
| Sex of the patient |
|
|
| Male | 215 | 58.3 |
| Female | 154 | 41.7 |
| Age of the patient |
|
|
| 0 - 5 | 150 | 40.7 |
| 6 - 18 | 92 | 24.9 |
| >18 | 127 | 34.4 |
| Etiological beliefs (369) |
|
|
| Biomedical | 310 | 84.0 |
| Supernatural/Metaphysics | 59 | 16 0 |
| Perception of the state of the disease (=369) |
|
|
| No serious | 232 | 62.9 |
| Serious | 137 | 37.1 |
| care financing options |
|
|
| oneself | 263 | 71.3 |
| Employer | 70 | 19 |
| Other (Church kinship …) | 9.7 | 9.7 |