Table 2.
Characteristics of Households and Household Contacts
Characteristic | Households or Contacts, No. (%; 95% CI %) |
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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) |
5–30 | 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) |
5–15 | 30 (20; 15–28) |
15–45 | 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.