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Table 3 Aggregate-level wealth disparities in the prevalence of young children living in households with preparedness and each condition

From: Assessing the prevalence of young children living in households prepared for COVID-19 in 56 low- and middle-income countries

 

No. of countries

Prepared households, % (95% CIs)

Adequate quarantine, % (95% CIs)

Basic

hygiene, %

(95% CIs)

Basic sanitation, % (95% CIs)

Ownership

of phones, % (95% CIs)

Mother weekly exposed to mass media, % (95% CIs)

Average

56

33.5(27.0, 40.1)

26.5(22.9, 30.1)

33.6(26.3, 41.0)

44.1(34.7, 53.5)

31.9(25.7, 38.1)

41.8(34.3, 49.3)

Region

East Asia and Pacific

11

48.7(38.1, 59.2)

36.1(25.1, 47.1)

39.7(29.8, 49.5)

53.6(41.8, 65.4)

31.4(18.5, 44.3)

34.6(19.8, 49.4)

Europe and Central Asia

3

32.0(4.7, 59.2)

10.1(-0.4, 20.5)

16.6(-0.7, 34.0)

20.9(1.4, 40.4)

6.2(1.1, 11.2)

7.8(3.0, 12.6)

Latin America and the Caribbean

5

59.4(33.2, 85.7)

40.5(32.4, 48.5)

34.5(15.6, 53.3)

49.5(37.2, 61.9)

23.1(8.8, 37.4)

28.1(13.8, 42.3)

Middle East and North Africa

4

45.2(34.6, 55.9)

32.9(24.6, 41.2)

16.3(8.5, 24.0)

16.5(5.3, 27.8)

5.4(2.4, 8.5)

9.3(3.6, 15.1)

South Asia

5

44.3(34.7, 54.0)

29.9(20.8, 39.1)

51.4(28.7, 74.1)

44.0(6.6, 81.3)

10.2(0.1, 20.3)

54.5(37.8, 71.1)

Sub-Saharan Africa

28

19.6(15.9, 23.2)

20.8(17.1, 24.4)

32.1(26.5, 37.8)

46.0(38.8, 53.2)

44.0(32.2, 55.9)

53.1(45.8, 60.4)

Country income class

Low-income

21

14.2(11.4, 17.0)

20.2(16.3, 24.1)

27.3(21.8, 32.8)

39.4(32.4, 46.3)

47.6(32.9, 62.2)

52.4(45.9, 58.9)

Lower-middle income

25

41.6(33.4, 49.7)

29.1(23.3, 34.9)

39.4(26.9, 51.9)

49.1(33.3, 64.9)

24.5(18.5, 30.5)

39.9(28.1, 51.7)

Upper-middle income

10

54.2(42.6, 65.8)

34.2(27.4, 41.0)

32.4(18.3, 46.5)

41.8(25.6, 57.9)

17.3(8.1, 26.5)

24.5(9.4, 39.6)