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Table 3 Change in national and subnational prevalence of ORS use for Demographic Health Survey Cycles: Zambia 2007 vs. 2013/14

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

Zambia

2007, N = 746

2013/14, N = 1928

Change

ap-value

 

P1% (CI)

P2% (CI)

P1 - P2

 

Overall

60.8 (56.1–65.3)

64.7 (61.8–67.5)

3.7

0.156

Province

 Central

56.4 (40.1–71.4)

58.9 (49.3–67.9)

2.5

0.795

 Copperbelt

63.4 (50.1–74.9)

62.1 (55.5–68.3)

−1.3

0.855

 Eastern

75.8 (63.9–84.8)

66.3 (57.9–73.8)

−9.5

0.176

 Luapula

49.1(34.7–63.6)

73.5(65.7–80.1)

24.4

0.003

 Lusaka

55.8 (37.9–72.2)

74.5 (66.9–80.9)

18.7

0.038

 Muchinga

52.0(42.6–61.2)

 

 Northern

56.1(45.9–65.9)

56.1(47.1–64.8)

0.0

0.9998

 Northwestern

65.3(52.3–76.3)

65.5(57.2–73.0)

−0.2

0.977

 Southern

61.6(51.0–71.2)

65.4(55.0–74.4)

2.8

0.604

 Western

59.4(44.7–72.7)

65.7(55.5–74.6)

6.3

0.478

Location

 Rural

61.6(56.0–66.8)

62.8(58.9–66.6)

1.2

0.715

 Urban

59.3(50.4–67.6)

67.8 (63.6–71.7)

8.5

0.186

Mother’s age

 < 25 years

64.7 (58.0–70.8)

67.4 (62.9–71.6)

2.7

0.785

 ≥ 25 years

58.7(52.8–64.3)

63.1 (59.4–66.6)

4.4

0.695

Education

 < high school

61.0(55.7–66.0)

63.4(59.7–66.9)

2.4

0.895

 ≥ high school

60.5 (51.1–69.1)

67.2 (62.8–71.3)

6.7

0.495

HIV status

 HIV positive

55.3 (44.5–65.7)

67.7 (59.5–74.9)

12.4

0.065

Wealth Index (Quintile)

 Lowest (1)

62.5(52.6–71.4)

60.9(55.1–66.4)

−1.6

0.781

 Second (2)

61.3(52.4–69.5)

65.4(59.5–70.9)

4.1

0.423

 Middle (3)

56.5(47.6–65.1)

60.4(54.6–66.0)

−3.9

0.462

 Fourth (4)

62.6(54.9–69.8)

69.7(63.3–75.3)

−7.1

0.147

 Highest (5)

60.0(43.2–74.8)

68.3(60.5–75.1)

8.3

0.345

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