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Table 10.10 Knowledge of ORS packets<br />

Percentage of women age 15-49 with a live birth in the 5<br />

years before the survey who know about ORS packets for<br />

treatment of diarrhoea, according to background<br />

characteristics, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Percentage of<br />

women who<br />

know about ORS<br />

packets<br />

Number of<br />

women<br />

Age<br />

15-19 85.5 1,<strong>16</strong>8<br />

20-24 92.1 3,884<br />

25-34 93.3 5,858<br />

35-49 92.1 2,605<br />

Residence<br />

Urban 96.5 1,940<br />

Rural 91.3 11,576<br />

Region<br />

Northern 92.8 1,580<br />

Central 93.4 5,711<br />

Southern 90.6 6,224<br />

Education<br />

No education 85.3 1,690<br />

Primary 91.8 8,863<br />

Secondary 96.5 2,700<br />

More than secondary 99.7 262<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

Lowest 89.4 3,188<br />

Second 91.0 2,929<br />

Middle 91.5 2,599<br />

Fourth 93.3 2,430<br />

Highest 96.3 2,369<br />

Total 92.1 13,515<br />

ORS = Oral rehydration salts.<br />

Child Health • 157

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