Association of parents' education and fathers' occupation with prevalence of diarrhoea among children less than five years of age in Saudi Arabia.
A nationwide survey was undertaken in April 1987 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a questionnaire was administered to 1,656 mothers having children less than 5-years of age. The number of mothers with 1-3 children less than 5-years old was 1,535 and with more than 3 children was 129. The literacy rate of fathers was 70% and of mothers was 26.3%. Incidence of diarrhoea was significantly associated with fathers' occupation (p = 0.0011) but no significant association was found between the incidence of diarrhoea and parents' education.
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General Directorate of Health Centres, Ministry of Health Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005220:Fathers; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D009790:Occupations; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology