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. 2019 Jan 24;219(11):1730–1734. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz002

Table 2.

Characteristics of Households and Household Contacts

Characteristic Households or Contacts, No. (%; 95% CI %)
Households (n = 69)
 Other children aged <5 y in household 23 (33; 23–46)
 Toilet shared with other households 54 (78; 67–87)
 Typical time required to access water, mins
  <5 30 (44; 32–56)
  530 36 (52; 40–64)
  >30 3 (4; 1–13)
 Typical source of domestic water
  Well 1 (1.5; 0.2–10)
  Borehole 4 (6; 2–15)
  Tap shared with other households 50 (72; 60–82)
  Private tap to house 14 (20; 12–32)
Household contacts (n=147)
 Age, y
  <5 20 (14; 9–20)
  515 30 (20; 15–28)
  1545 97 (66; 58–73)
 Male sex 46 (31; 24–39)
 HIV infected 13/77 (17; 10–27)
 Relationship to infant
  Mother 69 (47; 39–55)
  Father 20 (14; 9–20)
  Other adult relative 4 (3; 1–7)
  Child relative 54 (37; 29–45)
 Prior rotavirus vaccine in contacts aged <5 y 8/17 (44; 24–72)
 Sleeps in same room as vaccinated infant 108 (73; 66–80)
 Sleeps in same bed as vaccinated infant 91 (62; 54–69)
 Time spent with child
  All day 83 (56; 48–64)
  Half day 42 (29; 22–36)
  Evening only 22 (15; 10–22)
 Primary caregiver for vaccinated infant 71 (48; 40–56)
 Responsible for changing diaper of vaccinated infant
  Never 75 (51; 43–59)
  Sometimes 3 (2; 1–6)
  Always 69 (47; 39–55)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.