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Table 1 Characteristics of the respondents and the cases during the baseline survey in the four arms of the study, Jan-Mar 2015

From: The effectiveness bundling of zinc with Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) for improving adherence to acute watery diarrhea treatment in Ethiopia: cluster randomised controlled trial

Variables

Arms

P value

Central bundling (n = 176)

HC level bundling (n = 176)

Status quo (n = 176)

Bundling without message (n = 176)

Type of the respondent (%)

 Mothers

92.0

89.8

92.0

92.0

0.832

 Other primary caregiver

8.0

10.2

8.0

8.0

Mean age (± SD) of the respondents (years)

28.2 (±7.6)

26.9 (±6.3)

28.4 (±6.7)

26.8 (±6.9)

0.063

Mean parity (± SD)

3.4 (±2.1)

3.0 (±2.0)

3.4 (±2.1)

3.3 (±2.1)

0.266

Educational status (%)

 No formal education

51.1

46.6

51.7

53.4

0.231

 Primary education

27.8

27.3

21.6

29.5

 Secondary education or above

21.0

26.1

26.7

17.0

 

Occupation (%)

 Housewife/farmer

90.0

93.2

86.4

90.3

0.187

 Others

9.1

6.8

13.6

9.7

Marital status (%)

 Married/living together

92.6

92.6

96.0

95.5

0.364

 Others

7.4

7.4

4.0

4.5

Household wealth index (%)

 Poor

31.8

36.4

30.1

34.7

0.097

 Middle

28.9

34.7

40.9

29.0

 Rich

39.3

29.0

29.0

36.4

Age of the child (months) (%)

 6–11

39.3

30.7

30.1

34.1

0.151

 12–23

39.3

42.6

39.8

46.6

 24–59

21.4

26.7

30.1

19.3

Sex of the child (%)

 Boys

59.0

55.1

53.4

52.3

0.614

 Girls

41.0

44.9

46.6

47.7