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. 2022 Jun 21;7:18. doi: 10.1186/s41256-022-00254-2

Table 3.

Aggregate-level wealth disparities in the prevalence of young children living in households with preparedness and each condition

No. of countries Prepared households, % (95% CIs) Adequate quarantine, % (95% CIs) Basic
hygiene, %
(95% CIs)
Basic sanitation, % (95% CIs) Ownership
of phones, % (95% CIs)
Mother weekly exposed to mass media, % (95% CIs)
Average 56 33.5(27.0, 40.1) 26.5(22.9, 30.1) 33.6(26.3, 41.0) 44.1(34.7, 53.5) 31.9(25.7, 38.1) 41.8(34.3, 49.3)
Region
East Asia and Pacific 11 48.7(38.1, 59.2) 36.1(25.1, 47.1) 39.7(29.8, 49.5) 53.6(41.8, 65.4) 31.4(18.5, 44.3) 34.6(19.8, 49.4)
Europe and Central Asia 3 32.0(4.7, 59.2) 10.1(-0.4, 20.5) 16.6(-0.7, 34.0) 20.9(1.4, 40.4) 6.2(1.1, 11.2) 7.8(3.0, 12.6)
Latin America and the Caribbean 5 59.4(33.2, 85.7) 40.5(32.4, 48.5) 34.5(15.6, 53.3) 49.5(37.2, 61.9) 23.1(8.8, 37.4) 28.1(13.8, 42.3)
Middle East and North Africa 4 45.2(34.6, 55.9) 32.9(24.6, 41.2) 16.3(8.5, 24.0) 16.5(5.3, 27.8) 5.4(2.4, 8.5) 9.3(3.6, 15.1)
South Asia 5 44.3(34.7, 54.0) 29.9(20.8, 39.1) 51.4(28.7, 74.1) 44.0(6.6, 81.3) 10.2(0.1, 20.3) 54.5(37.8, 71.1)
Sub-Saharan Africa 28 19.6(15.9, 23.2) 20.8(17.1, 24.4) 32.1(26.5, 37.8) 46.0(38.8, 53.2) 44.0(32.2, 55.9) 53.1(45.8, 60.4)
Country income class
Low-income 21 14.2(11.4, 17.0) 20.2(16.3, 24.1) 27.3(21.8, 32.8) 39.4(32.4, 46.3) 47.6(32.9, 62.2) 52.4(45.9, 58.9)
Lower-middle income 25 41.6(33.4, 49.7) 29.1(23.3, 34.9) 39.4(26.9, 51.9) 49.1(33.3, 64.9) 24.5(18.5, 30.5) 39.9(28.1, 51.7)
Upper-middle income 10 54.2(42.6, 65.8) 34.2(27.4, 41.0) 32.4(18.3, 46.5) 41.8(25.6, 57.9) 17.3(8.1, 26.5) 24.5(9.4, 39.6)