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Table 1 Distribution of demographic and socioeconomic Characteristics by surve

From: Private health care market shaping and changes in inequities in childhood diarrhoea treatment coverage: evidence from the analysis of baseline and endline surveys of an ORS and zinc scale-up program in Nigeria

Charactristics Baseline(n = 1661) %, 95 confidence interval Endline(n = 2268)%, 95 confidence interval Endline vs. Baseline P-value*
Sex of Child
 Female 48 (45–52) 47 (45–49) 0.769
Age of Child (months)
 0–11 12 (10–15) 22 (20–24) < 0.001
 12–23 30 (27–32) 32 (30–34) 0.170
 24–35 19 (17–22) 23 (21–25) 0.083
 36–47 19 (17–22) 15 (13–17) 0.005
 48–59 20 (17–22) 9 (8–10) < 0.001
Source of care
 Did not seek care or advice outside the home 34 (30–38) 27 (25–30) 0.005
 Source care in public sector 25 (22–28) 27 (24–30) 0.436
 Source care in private sector 34 (30–38) 38 (35–41) 0.093
 Source care in other place 2 (1–3) 3 (2–4) 0.200
 Source care from multiple sectors 5 (4–7) 5 (4–7) 0.901
Sex of respondent/child caregiver
 Female 90 (88–92) 94 (92–96) 0.013
Age (years) of respondent/child’s caregiver
 15–19 4 (3–6) 3 (2–4) 0.027
 20–29 49 (45–53) 53 (50–56) 0.122
 30–39 31 (27–34) 33 (30–36) 0.325
 40–49 11 (8–15) 8 (6–9) 0.035
 50–59 3 (2–5) 2 (2–4) 0.482
 60+ 2 (1–3) 1 (1–2) 0.310
Child’s caregiver attended any level of schooling 51 (46–55) 56 (52–61) 0.056
Residence of Household
 Rural 65 (60–69) 55 (51–59) 0.002
Size of household
 2–4 29 (26–33) 32 (29–35) 0.548
 5–7 39 (35–43) 40 (38–43) 0.104
 8–10 18 (16–21) 16 (13–18) 0.420
 11+ 13 (11–16) 12 (10–15) 0.384
State where program was implemented
 Lagos 8 (5–12) 11 (9–13) 0.268
 Kano 21 (17–25) 23 (20–27) 0.309
 Rivers 10 (8–13) 6 (4–8) 0.005
 Bauchi 14 (12–18) 10 (7–13) 0.030
 Cross River 7 (5–9) 6 (5–7) 0.794
 Kaduna 14 (10–18) 16 (13–19) 0.399
 Katsina 14 (12–17) 16 (13–18) 0.454
 Niger 12 (10–15) 13 (11–15) 0.495
Wealth quintiles of households
 Poorest 20 (17–24) 22 (19–26) 0.446
 Second 19 (16–23) 21 (19–24) 0.422
 Middle 20 (16–24) 22 (19–24) 0.538
 Fourth 19 (16–23) 18 (16–22) 0.723
 Richest 21 (17–26) 17 (14–20) 0.092
  1. *P-values were generated using Pearson’s chi-squared tests
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