Table 2. Mothers' knowledge about diarrhoea and its danger signs (n=130).

Mother's knowledge about	Number	Percentage
Preventive approaches for diarrhoea (out of 7 options):
One correct response	07	5.4
Two correct responses	87	66.9
Three correct responses	36	27.7
Beneficial foods/fluids (out of 14 options):
One correct response	01	0.8
Two correct responses	13	10.0
Three correct responses	94	72.3
Four correct responses	21	16.1
Five correct responses	01	0.8
Harmful foods/fluids (out of 7 options):
One correct response	42	32.3
Two correct responses	79	60.8
Three correct responses	08	06.1
Four correct responses	01	0.8
The most dangerous diarrhoea:
Thin watery diarrhoea	103	79.2
Red or green diarrhoea	27	20.8
Danger/emergency signs of diarohoea(out of 11 options):
Two correct signs	25	19.2
Three correct signs	93	71.5
Four correct signs	11	08.5
Five correct signs	01	0.8