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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