Table 1 Sample characteristics of children under five and their families MICS survey 2011 Nyanza, Kenya
Dependent variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
Experienced diarrhea within the previous 2 weeks | |
  Yes | 781 (15.8) |
  No | 4174 (84.2) |
Appropriate treatment for childhood diarrhea | |
  Inappropriate | 481 (61.6) |
  Appropriate | 291 (37.3) |
  Unknown | 9 (1.2) |
Individual Variables for both analyses | |
Child’s gender | |
  Female | 2441 (49.3) |
  Male | 2514 (50.7) |
Child’s age (years) | |
   < 1 | 969 (19.6) |
  1 | 863 (17.4) |
  2 | 1017 (20.5) |
  3 | 1093 (22.1) |
  4 | 1013 (20.4) |
Relationship to household head | |
  Biological child | 3912 (79.0) |
  Grandchild | 872 (17.6) |
  Other | 171 (3.5) |
Household head’s gender | |
  Female | 1236 (24.9) |
  Male | 3719 (75.1) |
Age group (years) | |
   < 30 | 1370 (27.7) |
  30–34 | 934 (18.9) |
  35–39 | 814 (16.4) |
  40–49 | 858 (17.3) |
   ≥ 50 | 979 (19.8) |
Education level | |
  No education/Primary level | 3390 (68.4) |
  Secondary level or higher | 1565 (31.6) |
Household wealth index | |
  Poorer | 1173 (23.7) |
  Poor | 1037 (20.9) |
  Middle | 1006 (20.3) |
  Rich | 937 (18.9) |
  Richer | 802 (16.2) |
Number of household members | |
  5 or fewer than 5 | 2406 (48.6) |
  More than 5 | 2549 (51.4) |
Number of children under five | |
  One | 1553 (31.3) |
  More than 1 | 3402 (68.7) |
Paying attention to the child | |
  Less attention | 2780 (56.1) |
  More attention | 2175 (43.9) |
Playing with the child | |
  No playing | 1012 (20.4) |
  Playing at least once within the past 3 days | 3943 (79.6) |
Individual Variables for the first analysis on diarrhea cases | |
Water source for drinking | |
 Unimproved sources of drinking water | 2445 (54.3) |
  Unprotected well | 410 (8.3) |
  Unprotected spring | 606 (12.2) |
  Tanker-truck | 3 (0.1) |
  Cart with small tank/drum | 14 (0.3) |
  Surface water | 1412 (28.5) |
 Improved sources of drinking water | 2510 (45.7) |
  Piped water | 471 (9.5) |
  Protected well | 311 (6.7) |
  Protected spring | 971 (19.6) |
  Public tap/standpipe | 246 (5.0) |
  Tubewell/borehole | 247 (5.0) |
  Rainwater collection | 244 (4.9) |
  Bottle water | 0 (0.0) |
Water treatment | |
  No treatment | 2104 (42.5) |
  Inadequate treatment only | 113 (2.3) |
  Adequate treatment | 2738 (55.3) |
Hand-washing facility | |
  Not available | 4809 (97.1) |
  Available | 146 (3.0) |
Possession of refrigerator | |
  No | 4868 (98.2) |
  Yes | 87 (1.8) |
Individual Variables for the second analysis on appropriate treatment | |
Severity of diarrhea | |
  Without blood | 673 (87.2) |
  With blood | 99 (12.8) |
Possession of at least one media device | |
  No | 80 (10.4) |
  Yes | 692 (89.6) |
Community Variables for the two analyses | N (%) |
Area | |
  Urban | 505 (10.2) |
  Rural | 4450 (89.8) |
Performance of CHWs in the CU | N / CUs (%) |
  None/Poor (Number of CHWs and CUs) | 2639/156 (53.3) |
  Middle | 1483/91 (29.9) |
  High | 833/51 (16.8) |