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Table 1 Change in national and subnational prevalence of ORS use for Demographic Health Survey Cycles: Zimbabwe 2010/11 vs. 2015/16

From: Oral rehydration solution coverage in under 5 children with diarrhea: a tri-country, subnational, cross-sectional comparative analysis of two demographic health surveys cycles

Zimbabwe

2010/11,N = 688

2015/16, N = 1014

Change

p-valuea

 

P1% (CI)

P2% (CI)

P1 - P2

 

Overall

21.0 (17.4–24.9)

40.5 (36.5–44.6)

19.5

< 0.001

Province

 Manicaland

19.5 (11.6–30.7)

36.7 (27.5–47.1)

17.2

0.019

 Mashonaland Central

25.1 (15.7–37.7)

40.5 (28.6–53.7)

15.4

0.081

 Mashonaland East

22.7 (14.0–34.6)

33.8 (24.1–45.1)

11.1

0.152

 Mashonaland West

9.6(4.1–21.2)

36.1(26.4–47.1)

26.5

0.001

 Matabeleland North

21.7 (13.5–32.9)

60.3 (45.8–73.2)

38.6

0.0001

 Matabeleland South

12.3(5.4–25.7)

56.5(39.5–72.1)

44.2

0.0002

 Midlands

28.4(19.0–40.3)

38.7(29.1–49.3)

10.3

0.186

 Masvingo

14.1(7.2–25.8)

35.1(25.4–46.2)

21.0

0.008

 Harare

27.7(16.5–42.7)

49.4(37.2–61.7)

21.7

0.028

 Bulawayo

10.4(4.4–22.8)

50.3(33.7–66.8)

39.9

0.0002

Location

 Rural

18.4 (14.5–23.0)

37.8 (33.1–42.7)

19.4

< 0.001

 Urban

25.9(19.2–34.1)

46.4 (39.1–53.9)

20.5

0.008

Mother’s age

 < 25 years

19.2 (14.4–25.1)

43.3 (36.7–50.1)

24.1

0.007

 ≥ 25 years

22.2(17.7–27.5)

38.9 (34.0–44.1)

16.7

0.010

Education

 < high school

14.9 (10.0–21.7)

32.6 (26.6–39.1)

17.7

0.011

 ≥ high school

24.2 (19.9–29.0)

44.7 (39.9–49.5)

20.5

0.006

HIV status

 HIV positive

22.8(14.8–33.40

41.0931.1–51.80

18.2

0.015

Wealth Index (Quintile)

 Lowest (1)

17.8(12.3–25.2)

29.7(22.8–37.7)

11.9

0.022

 Second (2)

20.2(13.9–28.3)

37.0(29.2–45.5)

16.8

0.003

 Middle (3)

17.5(10.5–27.6)

44.2(36.5–52.1)

26.7

0.0001

 Fourth (4)

23.1(15.8–32.5)

49.5(42.1–57.0)

26.4

< 0.001

 Highest (5)

27.6(18.6–38.7)

44.2(33.9–55.0)

16.6

0.031

  1. aBased on a two-sided Chi-squared test