Drivers of Acute Diarrhea in Mothers of Children between 6 and 59 Months old in Kinshasa Households, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics ofparticipants
| Characteristics | n=114 | % | | Marital status | | | | Single | 13 | 11.4 | | Married | 91 | 79.8 | | Divorced | 8 | 7.0 | | Widow | 2 | 1.8 | | Total | 114 | 100 | | Education level | | | | Illiterate | 6 | 5.3 | | Primary | 43 | 37.7 | | Secondary | 53 | 46.5 | | University | 12 | 10.5 | | Total | 114 | 100 | | Professional activity | | | | Housewife | 100 | 87.7 | | Not Housewife | 14 | 12.3 | | Total | 114 | 100 | | Have you heard about acute diarrhea? | | Yes | 113 | 99.1 | | No | 1 | 0.9 | | Total | 114 | 100 | | Do you have a child of 6-59 months having acute diarrhea? | | Yes | 113 | 99.1 | | No | 1 | 0.9 | | Total | 114 | 100 | | What is the profession of your partner? | | Jobless | 12 | 10.5 | | Day laborer | 7 | 6.1 | | Civil servant | 79 | 69.3 | | Employee | 1 | 0.9 | | Others | 15 | 13.2 | | Total | 114 | 100 | | What salary range does your partner fall into? | | Less than 100$ | 83 | 72.8 | | Between 100-200$ | 21 | 18.4 | | More than 1000$ | 1 | 0.9 | | I don’t know | 9 | 7.9 | | Total | 114 | 100 |
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