Table 2 Distribution of children (%) under 5 years according to socio-demographic and economic characteristics
2003 | 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 200) | (n = 388) | ||||
Variables | N* | % | N* | % | p-value** |
Gender | |||||
Male | 94 | 47.0% | 197 | 50.8% | 0.386 |
Female | 106 | 53.0% | 191 | 49.2% | |
Age | |||||
Under 1 year | 35 | 17.5% | 81 | 20.9% | 0.499 |
From 1 to 2 years | 45 | 22.5% | 86 | 22.2% | |
From 2 to 3 years | 42 | 21.0% | 60 | 15.5% | |
From 3 to 4 years | 43 | 21.5% | 86 | 22.2% | |
From 4 to 5 years | 35 | 17.5% | 75 | 19.3% | |
Predominant material in the house floor | |||||
Cement, brick, ceramic tile, slab-stone | 32 | 16.0% | 112 | 28.9% | 0.001 |
Wood or soil | 168 | 84.0% | 275 | 71.1% | |
Electric power supply at home | |||||
Lacking | 22 | 11.0% | 12 | 3.1% | < 0.001 |
Present | 178 | 89.0% | 376 | 96.9% | |
Drinking water treatment | |||||
Without treatment; lack of mineral water | 65 | 32.5% | 135 | 34.8% | < 0.001 |
Mineral water without treatment | 15 | 7.5% | 131 | 33.8% | |
Boiled, strained or filtered | 84 | 42.0% | 84 | 21.6% | |
Chlorinated | 36 | 18.0% | 38 | 9.8% | |
Waste disposal | |||||
Council collection | 179 | 89.5% | 370 | 95.4% | 0.024 |
Buried or burned | 8 | 4.0% | 8 | 2.1% | |
Dumped in land or river | 13 | 6.5% | 10 | 2.6% | |
Open sewage | |||||
Lacking | 161 | 80.9% | 235 | 60.6% | < 0.001 |
Present | 38 | 19.1% | 153 | 39.4% | |
Sanitary installation | |||||
Toilet (with running water) | 31 | 15.5% | 242 | 62.4% | < 0.001 |
Pit toilet | 128 | 64.0% | 110 | 28.4% | |
Lacking sanitary installations | 41 | 20.5% | 36 | 9.3% | |
Production of food for own consumption | |||||
No | 84 | 71.8% | 177 | 45.6% | < 0.001 |
Yes | 33 | 28.2% | 211 | 54.4% | |