Table 3 Prevalence of diarrhea in children below 5 years of age by socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, India, 2005–06
From: Disposal of children’s stools and its association with childhood diarrhea in India
Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics | Prevalence (%) | P-value | Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Children’s stool disposal | Safe | 9.0 | 0.000 | 11,202 |
Unsafe | 11.2 | 24,067 | ||
Toilet facility | Improved | 9.6 | 0.008 | 11,907 |
Unimproved | 11.0 | 23,362 | ||
Source of drinking water | Improved | 10.6 | 0.321 | 27,287 |
Unimproved | 11.1 | 7981 | ||
Age of child (in months) | 0–5 | 10.5 | 0.000 | 21,058 |
6–11 | 18.1 | 4619 | ||
12–17 | 15.7 | 4859 | ||
18–59 | 7.9 | 4733 | ||
Sex of child | Male | 11.1 | 0.045 | 18,919 |
Female | 10.3 | 16,350 | ||
Size of child at birth | Larger | 10.5 | 0.000 | 8104 |
Average | 9.8 | 19,576 | ||
Smaller | 13.1 | 7588 | ||
Age of mother (in years) | 20–34 | 10.4 | 0.005 | 27,659 |
15–19 and 35–49 | 11.8 | 7610 | ||
Mother’s literacy | Non-literate | 10.9 | 0.357 | 21,902 |
Literate | 10.5 | 13,367 | ||
Mother’s working status | Not working | 11.1 | 0.005 | 24,890 |
Working | 9.8 | 10,379 | ||
Mother’s exposure to media | No | 11.0 | 0.190 | 8023 |
Partial | 11.1 | 9265 | ||
Full | 10.2 | 17,981 | ||
Religion | Hindu | 10.4 | 0.043 | 24,681 |
Muslim | 12.0 | 5608 | ||
Other religion | 11.1 | 4980 | ||
Caste/Tribe | SC | 10.7 | 0.946 | 6056 |
ST | 10.9 | 5463 | ||
Non SC/ST | 10.7 | 23,750 | ||
Wealth index | Lowest | 11.0 | 0.058 | 13,918 |
Middle | 11.0 | 11,551 | ||
Highest | 9.7 | 9800 | ||
Place of residence | Urban | 10.3 | 0.258 | 14,009 |
Rural | 10.9 | 21,260 | ||
Total | 10.7 | 35,269 | ||