Table 5.

Parental work loss due to gastroenteritis in their children

	Age of child (years)
	0 to < 1	≥ 1 to < 2	≥ 2 to < 3	≥ 3 to < 4	≥ 4 to < 5	0 to <5
	(N = 100)	(N = 100)	(N = 100)	(N = 100)	(N = 100)	(N = 500)
Proportion of episodes causing missed work, %	33	33	35	31	30	32.4
Number of parents missing work*	39	38	42	36	34	189
Average days of work missed (SD) †	1.8 (1.7)‡	1.5 (1.3)	1.1 (1.2)‡	1.5 (1.0)	1.1 (1.0)	1.4 (1.3)

*Note that in a number of cases both parents missed work due to the same episode.

† Kruskal-Wallis: P = .0097.

‡Dunn's Multiple Comparison Test between 0 to < 1 and ≥ 2 to < 3: P < .05.

No statistically significant differences between the age groups other than those displayed were observed.