Table 3. Management practices during diarrhea by place of residence.
| Management practice | Total | Place of residence | P-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
| Oral rehydration salt and/or recommended homemade solution (n=339) | |||||||||
| Yes | 270 | 79.7 | 74 | 80.4 | 196 | 79.4 | 0.83 | ||
| No | 69 | 20.4 | 18 | 19.6 | 51 | 20.7 | |||
| Zinc syrup and/or zinc tablets (n=341) | |||||||||
| Yes | 145 | 42.5 | 42 | 45.2 | 103 | 41.5 | 0.55 | ||
| No | 196 | 57.5 | 51 | 54.8 | 145 | 58.5 | |||
| Amount offered to drink (n=346) | |||||||||
| Sufficient | 91 | 26.3 | 23 | 24.2 | 68 | 27.1 | 0.59 | ||
| Insufficient | 255 | 73.7 | 72 | 75.8 | 183 | 72.9 | |||
| Amount offered to eat (n=346) | |||||||||
| Sufficient | 228 | 65.9 | 71 | 74.7 | 157 | 62.6 | 0.03 | ||
| Insufficient | 118 | 34.1 | 24 | 25.3 | 94 | 37.5 | |||