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. 2017 Oct 12;12(10):e0186263. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186263

Table 2. Descriptive statistics of study population, by department.

Characteristics Loreto (N = 236) Ucayali (N = 360) Total (N = 596)
Mean (SD) Percent Mean (SD) Percent Mean (SD) Percent
Child has developmental delay - 30.5% (N = 72) - 24.2% (N = 87) - 26.7% (N = 159)
Child has no developmental delay - 69.5% (N = 164) - 75.8% (N = 273) - 73.3% (N = 437)
Child is male - 50.8% - 53.9% - 53.0%
Child's age (mo) 22.9 (8.8) - 24.5 (9.23) - 23.9 (9.1) -
Number of Children in family 3.1 (1.8) - 2.8 (1.9) - 3.0 (2.2) -
Mother's age at child's birth 25.8 (7.6) - 24.9 (7.5) - 25.2 (7.5) -
Mother's age at first birth before 17 years old - 39.6% 38.9% - 39.2%
Mother completed her education before 12 years old - 62.2% - 46.5% - 52.4%
Gave birth at home - 29.9% - 29.5% - 29.7%
Mother took maternal vitamins during pregnancy - 91.7% - 72.2% - 80.0%
The mother had Malaria during pregnancy - 4.6% - 0.0% - 1.8%
Wealth Index a - 17.4% - 32.8% - 26.7%
Fed with breast milk for 6 months or less - 6.9% - 17.6% - 13.2%
Goes to child growth monitoring checkup - 93.8% - 76.3% - 83.4%
Child was given micronutrients - 90.1% - 66.4% - 75.9%
Duration of micronutrients 13.8 (9.8) - 7.7 (9.1) - 9.5 (9.7) N/A
Child has taken a deworming pill b - 43.5% - 36.9% - 40.0%
Child has received their vaccines - 86.3% - 82.8% - 84.3%
Child had diarrhea in the last month - 50.8% - 47.9% - 50.9%
Spoke with a Community Health Agent in the last month - 63.6% - 43.0% - 51.3%
Visited the Community Center for Outreach and Surveillance - 48.0% - 16.0% - 28.7%
Home has Sanitary Toilet c - 19.8% - 23.3% - 22.1%
Water source is the River - 46.7% - 0.0% - 18.7%

a Has television, radio, and cell phone

b Only Children over 18 months old included

c Bathroom with running water, latrine with septic tank, or decomposing toilet system