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Table 1 Descriptive statistics. Proportions of categorical variables and mean/standard deviation of numerical variables - children from 40 countries, 2004–2010

From: Country characteristics and acute diarrhea in children from developing nations: a multilevel study

Variable

Proportion

Mean

SD

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