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. 2015 Jun 26;15:588. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1878-z

Table 3.

National survey data from six countries stratified by child and household characteristics. Number and percent of children with fluids curtailed during diarrhea, represented by those answering “nothing”, “much less than usual”, or “somewhat less than usual” to the question “how much was [name of child] given to drink during the diarrhea (including breast milk)?” Significant relationships are shown in bold

Burkina Faso DR Congo Ethiopia Nigeria Tanzania Uganda
n(% curtailed) p n(% curtailed) p n(% curtailed) p n(% curtailed) p n(% curtailed) p n(% curtailed) p
Breastfeeding
Yes 236 (34 %) 0.025 370 (39 %) 0.123 538 (50 %) 0.245 1010 (58 %) 0.028 218 (41 %) 0.046 370 (43 %) 0.390
No 405 (29 %) 285 (34 %) 327 (45 %) 1093 (53 %) 159 (34 %) 380 (45 %)
Age
0-6 m 69 (37 %) 0.033 76 (42 %) 0.431 121 (64 %) 0.004 249 (55 %) 0.985 60 (62 %) <.001 69 (39 %) 0.336
7-23 m 319 (33 %) 326 (36 %) 365 (48 %) 864 (55 %) 191 (37 %) 384 (46 %)
24-59 m 253 (29 %) 268 (36 %) 379 (45 %) 1021 (55 %) 126 (31 %) 297 (43 %)
Sex
Boy 318 (31 %) 0.836 329 (36 %) 0.543 451 (49 %) 0.712 1131 (55 %) 0.731 195 (37 %) 0.689 373 (43 %) 0.710
Girl 323 (32 %) 341 (37 %) 414 (48 %) 1003 (55 %) 182 (38 %) 377 (44 %)
Parity
1 115 (33 %) 0.200 72 (36 %) 0.675 105 (43 %) 0.175 209 (58 %) 0.227 50 (31 %) 0.208 90 (39 %) 0.529
2 97 (27 %) 112 (36 %) 141 (42 %) 272 (55 %) 71 (35 %) 120 (42 %)
3 97 (31 %) 100 (40 %) 136 (51 %) 298 (55 %) 73 (43 %) 126 (47 %)
4+ 332 (33 %) 366 (35 %) 483 (51 %) 1282 (55 %) 183 (38 %) 414 (45 %)
Household Characteristics
Area
Urban 117 (23 %) 0.001 199 (28 %) 0.001 103 (38 %) 0.029 297 (51 %) 0.222 62 (26 %) 0.002 130 (39 %) 0.254
Rural 524 (34 %) 471 (39 %) 762 (50 %) 1837 (56 %) 315 (41 %) 620 (45 %)
Improved water source
Yes 482 (31 %) 0.316 288 (33 %) 0.065 376 (44 %) 0.112 965 (55 %) 0.882 174 (31 %) 0.003 556 (44 %) 0.852
No 159 (34 %) 382 (39 %) 489 (52 %) 1169 (55 %) 203 (43 %) 194 (44 %)
Mother's education
None 533 (33 %) 0.002 205 (45 %) <.001 623 (51 %) 0.278 1403 (58 %) 0.043 98 (41 %) 0.212 127 (45 %) 0.499
Primary 84 (27 %) 301 (37 %) 216 (44 %) 365 (51 %) 249 (37 %) 486 (44 %)
Secondary+ 24 (18 %) 164 (28 %) 26 (39 %) 364 (52 %) 30 (28 %) 137 (41 %)
Wealth quintile
Q1 (Poorest) 110 (31 %) 0.002 194 (48 %) <.001 319 (51 %) 0.556 827 (55 %) 0.393 86 (43 %) 0.017 212 (40 %) 0.060
Q2 … 135 (35 %) 114 (35 %) 139 (47 %) 641 (59 %) 91 (44 %) 182 (50 %)
Q3 … 154 (38 %) 151 (39 %) 145 (54 %) 343 (55 %) 83 (40 %) 129 (45 %)
Q4 … 155 (32 %) 146 (33 %) 152 (44 %) 200 (50 %) 79 (32 %) 109 (45 %)
Q5 (Least Poor) 87 (22 %) 65 (21 %) 110 (46 %) 123 (52 %) 38 (25 %) 118 (39 %)
Total 637 (32 %) 667 (36 %) 858 (49 %) 2117 (55 %) 370 (37 %) 744 (44 %)