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Table 1 Sociodemographic Profile of Respondent

From: Prevalence of and factors associated with diarrhoeal diseases among children under five in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study 2016

 

n

Percentage (%)

95% CI

Lower

Upper

Strata

 Urban

8997

64.7

63.4

65.9

 Rural

6191

35.3

34.1

36.6

Ethnicity

 Malay

10,686

62.3

60.6

64

 Chinese

1737

15.9

14.4

17.5

 Indian

642

4.9

4.1

5.8

 Others Bumiputera

1789

14.7

13.9

15.7

 Others

294

2.2

1.9

2.7

Fathers' Education

 No formal education/Primary

1993

14.2

13.1

15.3

 Secondary

7812

54.1

52.3

56

 Higher

4597

31.7

29.9

33.6

Mothers Education

 No formal education/Primary

1834

12.5

11.5

13.5

 Secondary

7720

51.8

50.0

53.6

 Higher

5472

35.7

33.9

37.6

Total Household Income

 Poorest

3088

19.6

18.4

20.8

 Second

2998

19.3

18

20.6

 Middle

3096

20.4

19

21.8

 Fourth

3031

18.8

17.4

20.3

 Richest

2885

21.9

20.3

23.6

Mothers' Occupation

 Public Sector

3755

19.70

18.4

21.1

 Private Sector

3238

25.1

23.4

26.9

 Self Employed

1108

7.1

6.2

8.2

 Housewife/Unemployed/Student

6938

48.1

46.3

49.8

Fathers' Occupation

 Public sector

3575

19.7

18.3

21.2

 Private sector

6772

51.4

49.5

53.2

 Self-employed

3954

28.0

26.4

29.6

 Unemployed/student

136

0.9

0.7

1.2

Treated Water

 Treated Water

14,914

97.9

97.5

98.3

 Untreated Water

272

2.1

1.7

2.5

Waste Disposal

 Sanitary Waste

11,924

78.6

77.3

79.8

 Unsanitary

3160

20.5

19.3

21.8

Latrines

 Sanitary

14,768

96.8

96.3

97.2

 Unsanitary

412

3.2

2.8

3.7