Table 2 Baseline statistics of the cohort, by location. Only families present in both censuses, with children already living in 2002, are reported here. 329 children in 311 unique households were present in both censuses (results here are presented by household)
From: Early child health in an informal settlement in the Peruvian Amazon
2002 (pre-invasion) | 2005 (post-invasion) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Santa Clara group | La Union group (still living in SC) | p-value (t-test/chi2) | Santa Clara group | La Union group (now living in LU) | p-value (t-test/chi2) | |
n | 258 | 53 | - | 258 | 53 | - |
% with mother living with child | 96.5 % | 96.2 % | 0.9188 | 93.8 % | 94.4 % | 0.8814 |
% with father living with child | 79.5 % | 77.4 % | 0.7331 | 82.2 % | 95.5 % | 0.2587 |
Identity of head of household = Father | 62.0 % | 52.8 % | 0.2142 | 68.6 % | 73.6 % | 0.4750 |
=Mother | 5.4 % | 0.0 % | 0.0832 | 3.1 % | 3.8 % | 0.8011 |
=Other | 32.9 % | 47.2 % | 0.0487 | 28.3 % | 22.6 % | 0.4019 |
household per-capita incomea (soles/person/month) | 65.8 | 51.7 | 0.0898 | 61.8 | 51.4 | 0.1889 |
Percent of HHs with Personal Latrine | 79.0 % | 61.5 % | 0.0071 | 63.6 % | 66.0 % | 0.7339 |
Percent of HHs with Piped Water | 78.9 % | 47.2 % | <0.001 | 85.3 % | 18.9 % | <0.0001 |
Percent of HHs with Well Water | 10.6 % | 45.3 % | <0.001 | 11.6 % | 81.1 % | <0.0001 |
Percent of HHs with metal roof (calamina) | 31.9 % | 34.0 % | 0.7716 | 36.8 % | 15.1 % | 0.0021 |
Percent of HHs with improved floor (wood or cement) | 21.0 % | 5.7 % | 0.0085 | 26.7 % | 5.7 % | 0.0009 |