Table 1. Socio-demographic and environmental characteristics of households in Cambodia, 2014 (n=2,828).
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Maternal characteristics | ||
Age (years) | ||
16–24 | 397 | 14.04 |
25–34 | 1591 | 56.26 |
35–49 | 840 | 29.70 |
Mean±SD | 28.27±5.89 | |
Range | 16 to 49 | |
Education | ||
No education | 366 | 12.96 |
Primary | 1445 | 51.08 |
Secondary | 921 | 32.58 |
Higher | 96 | 3.38 |
Occupation | ||
Employed | 2124 | 75.10 |
Unemployed | 704 | 24.90 |
Knowledge of oral rehydration
salts |
||
Good | 2717 | 96.05 |
Poor | 111 | 3.95 |
Exposure to media | ||
Yes | 1808 | 63.92 |
No | 1020 | 36.08 |
Children’s characteristics | ||
Age (months) | ||
12–23 | 1460 | 51.64 |
24–35 | 1368 | 48.36 |
Mean±SD | 23.33±6.79 | |
Range | 12 to 35 | |
Sex | ||
Male | 1448 | 51.18 |
Female | 1381 | 48.82 |
Breastfeeding status | ||
Ever | 2720 | 96.17 |
Never | 108 | 3.83 |
Deworming | ||
Yes | 1686 | 59.60 |
No | 1142 | 40.40 |
Vaccination | ||
Ever | 623 | 22.03 |
Never | 2205 | 77.97 |
Household characteristics | ||
Residence | ||
Urban | 449 | 15.88 |
Rural | 2379 | 84.12 |
Region | ||
Coastal and Sea | 169 | 5.98 |
Tonle Sap | 942 | 33.32 |
Central Plain | 1245 | 44.03 |
Plateau and Mountains | 472 | 16.67 |
Number of household members | ||
1–4 | 969 | 34.28 |
>4 | 1859 | 65.72 |
Mean±SD | 5.73±2.31 | |
Range | 1 to 22 | |
Wealth index | ||
Poorest | 672 | 23.76 |
Poorer | 523 | 18.49 |
Middle | 550 | 19.44 |
Richer | 493 | 17.45 |
Richest | 590 | 20.86 |
Environmental characteristics | ||
Drinking water during dry
season |
||
Improved | 1745 | 61.71 |
Unimproved | 1083 | 38.29 |
Drinking water during wet
season |
||
Improved | 2320 | 82.02 |
Unimproved | 508 | 17.98 |
Same source of drinking water
during wet and dry season |
||
Same | 1955 | 69.11 |
Different | 873 | 30.89 |
Treating water to drink | ||
Yes, always | 1529 | 54.07 |
No | 1299 | 45.93 |
Toilet facility | ||
Improved | 1189 | 42.03 |
Unimproved | 1640 | 57.97 |
Hygiene | ||
Adequate | 1923 | 68.01 |
Inadequate | 905 | 31.99 |
Disposal of children’s stool | ||
Sanitary | 1987 | 70.25 |
Unsanitary | 841 | 29.75 |
SD, standard deviation.