Child Health in the Peruvian Amazon: Prevalence and Factors Associated with Referred Morbidity and Health Care Access in the City of Iñapari

Table 7

Factors associated with diarrhea in the previous 30 days in children aged under 5 years, Iñapari, 2011.

Variables ()	Diarrhea
		Yes (%)	No (%)	value
Maternal paid work over the past 90 days
No	77	27.3	72.7
Yes	29	10.3	89.7
Fever in previous 30 days
No	77	14.3	85.7
Yes	31	41.9	58.1
Weakness in previous 30 days
No	93	18.3	81.7
Yes	15	46.7	53.3
Stomachache in previous 30 days
No	89	15.7	84.3
Yes	18	50	50
Vomiting in previous 30 days
No	91	18.7	81.3
Yes	17	41.2	58.2
Piped water supply in household
No	38	34.2	65.8
Yes	70	15.7	84.3
Source of drinking water
Various sources	35	11.4	88.6
Only mineral	22	45.5	54.5
Only public system	51	19.6	80.4
Boiling water before consumption
No	49	32.7	67.3
Yes	59	13.6	86.4
Type of toilet
Flushed toilet	35	11.4	88.6
Latrine or no toilet	73	27.4	72.6

Chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test.