Table 2 Prevalence of diarrhea among children under 5 years of age from the 2010 DHS

Diarrhea

–

1132

13.2

[12.3,14.1]

N/A

Age in months (mean = 31, SD = 17)

<0.001

 < 6

732

8.5

48

6.6

[5.0,8.6]

 6–11

841

9.8

184

21.8

[19.1,24.9]

 12–23

1616

18.8

404

25.0

[22.8,27.4]

 24–35

1824

21.2

242

13.3

[11.6,15.1]

 36–47

1739

20.2

152

8.7

[7.4,10.3]

 48–59

1849

21.5

103

5.6

[4.5,6.8]

Gender

0.023

 Boys

4361

50.7

610

14.0

[12.9,15.2]

 Girls

4240

49.3

522

12.3

[11.2,13.5]

Treated for intestinal parasites within past 6 months

0.001

 No

1783

20.7

275

15.4

[13.8,17.2]

 Yes

6813

79.3

856

12.6

[11.7,13.5]

Mother’s age in years (mean = 31, SD = 6.6)

<0.001

 15–24

1541

17.9

285

18.5

[16.3,20.9]

 25–34

4744

55.2

600

12.7

[11.6,13.7]

 35–49

2316

26.9

247

10.7

[9.3,12.2]

Mother employed outside the home

0.022

 No

1752

91.1

265

15.1

[13.1,17.4]

 Yes

6841

8.9

867

12.7

[11.8,13.6]

Residence

0.746

 Urban

1031

20.4

140

13.6

[11.0,16.6]

 Rural

7570

79.6

992

13.1

[12.2,14.1]

Mother’s highest educational level

0.243

 No education and primary

7840

12

1044

13.3

[12.4,14.3]

 Secondary and High

762

88

88

11.6

[9.2,14.5]

Number of mother’s living children

<0.001

 1–3 children

5212

60.6

751

14.4

[13.3,15.6]

 4+ children

3389

39.4

381

11.2

[10.2,12.4]

Household in lowest 2 wealth quintiles

<0.001

 No

4759

55.3

561

11.8

[10.7,12.9]

 Yes

3842

44.7

571

14.9

[13.6,16.2]

Total

8601

100

1132

13.2

[12.3,14.1]