From: Country characteristics and acute diarrhea in children from developing nations: a multilevel study
Variable | Proportion | Mean | SD |
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Children | |||
Diarrheal disease | 0.14 | ||
Female sex | 0.49 | ||
Age of child (months) | 28.76 | 17.25 | |
Immunization | 0.58 | ||
Possession of health card | 0.84 | ||
Undernutrition | 0.06 | ||
Normal birth weight | 0.48 | ||
Low birth weight | 0.06 | ||
No weighed at birth | 0.46 | ||
Duration of breastfeeding (months) | 13.73 | 9.86 | |
Mother | |||
Age of mother (years) | 28.66 | 6.72 | |
No education | 0.30 | ||
Elementary education | 0.33 | ||
High school education | 0.30 | ||
Superior education | 0.07 | ||
Employment | 0.50 | ||
Planned pregnancy | 0.70 | ||
Household | |||
Number of household members | 6.59 | 3.2 | |
Sanitation | 1.24 | 0.74 | |
Urban residence | 0.35 | ||
Nuclear family | 0.69 | ||
Wealth index | 3.00 | 1.41 | |
Country data | |||
Low income | 0.48 | ||
Lower middle income | 0.35 | ||
Upper middle income | 0.18 | ||
Inequalities | 0.25 | ||
Low health expenditure | 0.33 | ||
Middle health expenditure | 0.63 | ||
High health expenditure | 0.08 |