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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of households included in the survey.

From: Health care seeking behavior for diarrhea in children under 5 in rural Niger: results of a cross-sectional survey

  

Aguie

Guidan Roumdji

Maradi CU

Madarounfa

Total

Total population

     

Number of households/respondents

735

735

735

735

2940

Number of children under 5 yo

1550

2011

1736

1644

6941

Number (%) of households with

     
 

1 to 2 children < 5 yo

535 (72.8)

463 (63.0)

492 (66.9)

518 (70.5)

2008 (68.3)

 

3 to 5 children < 5 yo

192 (26.1)

211 (28.7)

209 (28.5)

200 (27.3)

812 (27.7)

 

more than 5 children < 5 yo

8 (1.1)

61 (8.3)

34 (4.6)

17 (2.3)

120 (4.1)

Number (%) of respondents with

     
 

0 years of education

680 (92.5)

669 (91.0)

534 (72.7)

665 (90.5)

2548 (86.7)

 

1 to 6 years of education

35 (4.8)

38 (5.2)

72 (9.8)

39 (5.3)

184 (6.3)

 

more than 6 years of education

20 (2.7)

28 (3.8)

129 (17.6)

31 (4/2)

208 (7.1)

Selected population

     

Selected children

735

735

735

735

2940

Sex ratio M/F

0.96

0.94

1.03

1.15

1.01

Age

      
 

median (month) (IQR)

23 (12-35)

23 (13-35)

23 (12-36)

25 (14-38)

24 (13-36)

 

< 1 year (%)

214 (29.1)

175 (23.9)

184 (25.2)

153 (20.9)

726 (24.8)

 

1 - 2 years (%)

202 (27.5)

212 (29.0)

203 (27.8)

201 (27.5)

818 (28.0)

 

2 - 3 years (%)

163 (22.2)

185 (25.3)

169 (23.2)

186 (25.4)

703 (24.0)

 

3 - 4 years (%)

106 (14.4)

110 (15.1)

104 (14.2)

117 (16.0)

437 (14.9)

 

4 - 5 years (%)

49 (6.7)

49 (6.7)

70 (9.6)

75 (10.2)

243 (8.3)

  1. Maradi Region, Niger, May 2009