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Global Health Econ Sustain Prevalence and risk factors of childhood diarrhea

Table 2. (Continued)
Characteristics Rural (N=161,368)
Diarrhea χ (p‑value)
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prevalence (%)
Wealth quintile
Poorest 7.8 142.040 (0.000)
Poorer 7.3
Middle 6.8
Richer 6.3
Richest 5.1
Environmental factors
Type of toilet facility
Improved 6.7 91.380 (0.000)
Unimproved 8.1
Floor material
Concrete 6.7 33.022 (0.000)
Not concrete 7.5
Wall material
Concrete 7 13.234 (0.040) Figure 1. Graphical representation of the result of spatial autocorrelation
of childhood diarrhea prevalence in rural India.
Not concrete 7.2
Roof material
(χ : 1218.970; p: 0.000). Birth order was also significantly
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Concrete 7 11.257 (0.030) associated with childhood diarrheal disease (χ : 38.700;
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Not concrete 7.4 p: 0.000). The children of the women who usually fall into
Altitude from sea level (m) five or more birth orders were found to be more affected
<100 6.5 232.960 (0.000) by childhood diarrhea (7.4%) as compared to those with
100 – 499 6.7 a first-birth order. The bivariate association between
500 – 1000 6 children’s physical growth and childhood diarrhea was
significantly associated (χ : 51.901; p: 0.000), where children
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>1000 8.6 (under five) with larger than average physical growth
Regional division identified as more sufferers (8.7%) from diarrheal disease.
North 5.6 938.676 (0.000) Interestingly, in rural parts of India, childhood diarrheal
Central 5.6 disease was found to be more common among households
East 10.1 with family members less than five (7.4%). Rural Indian
North-east 6.3 children from households without electric facilities (8%),
West 10 who belonged to the SC (7.1%) and ST (6.9%) categories
and were affiliated with Muslim religious beliefs (7.3%),
South 6.1 suffered more from childhood diarrheal diseases, and the
bivariate association of all the variables was statistically
in rural parts of India. The cross-tabulation revealed that significant. The household wealth condition was also
the prevalence of childhood diarrhea was significantly significantly associated with the prevalence of childhood
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(χ : 257.382; p: 0.000) higher (8.6%) among children diarrheal disease (χ : 142.040; p: 0.000). The estimation
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from mothers who were in the age cohort of 15 –24 years. revealed that with improved household wealth status, the
Children of uneducated mothers (7.1%) or only mothers diarrheal prevalence among children gradually decreased.
with a primary level of education (7.7%) were more Furthermore, it was observed that childhood diarrheal
likely to suffer from diarrheal disease, and the result is prevalence was significantly higher among households
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statistically significant (χ : 15.256; p: 0.000). First year with unimproved toilet (χ : 91.380; p: 0.000) facilities
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after birth was more crucial for the rural Indian children, (8.1%) and households made by a roof (7.4%), floor (7.5%),
as the result revealed that most of the diarrheal cases and wall (7.2%) hardly with concrete materials. Childhood
(9.8%) were observed within the first 12 months after birth diarrheal prevalence also significantly varied with varying

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