Table 2. Descriptive statistics of study population, by department.
Characteristics | Loreto (N = 236) | Ucayali (N = 360) | Total (N = 596) | |||
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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