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Table CH.3R provides the proportion of children aged0–59 months with diarrhoea in the last two weekswho received oral rehydration therapy with continuedfeeding, and the percentage of children with diarrhoeawho received other treatments. Overall, 56 percentof children with diarrhoea received ORS or increasedfluids, 79 percent received ORT (ORS or recommendedhomemade fluids or increased fluids), while 9 percent(Table CH.3R) received no treatment. Combining theinformation in Table CH.2R with those in Table CH.1Ron oral rehydration therapy, it is observed that 60 percentof children either received ORT and, , at the same time,feeding was continued, as is the recommendation. Thereare differences in the home management of diarrhoeaTable CH.3R: Oral rehydration therapy with continued feedingand other treatments, Roma Settlements, 2010Percentage of children age 0–59 months with diarrhoea in the last two weekswho received oral rehydration therapy with continued feeding, and percentageof children with diarrhoea who received other treatmentsChildren with diarrhoea who received:Other treatments:ORT (ORS orPill or syrup InjectionORS orrecommendedincreasedhomemadeORT withfluidsfluids orcontinued AntibiotimotilityAnti-increasedfeeding 1 Zinc Other UnknownAntibiotiantibioticNon-Unknownfluids)SexMale 58.0 74.6 56.1 5.2 45.1 .0 4.7 6.4 .7 .0 .5Female 53.5 83.0 63.2 11.1 42.2 .0 1.8 8.8 .8 .0 2.3AreaUrban 54.0 83.1 64.4 11.7 43.9 .0 3.5 10.9 .6 .0 .0Rural 58.6 71.6 51.7 2.2 43.1 .0 2.8 2.0 .9 .0 4.0Age0–11 months (52.7) (72.3) (57.9) (0.0) (23.6) (0.0) (1.0) (6.2) (0.8) (0.0) (0.0)12–23 months 54.1 78.4 54.4 6.6 42.7 .0 10.3 3.3 2.4 .0 5.024–35 months 64.0 88.5 73.1 18.5 54.0 .0 1.0 12.2 .0 .0 1.036–47 months (66.8) (83.9) (58.2) (3.4) (53.1) (0.0) (1.7) (10.4) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0)48–59 months (32.0) (64.6) (48.6) (9.5) (41.2) (0.0) (0.0) (5.3) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0)Mother’s educationNone (48.9) (70.4) (48.9) (1.6) (37.1) (0.0) (12.2) (4.5) (0.0) (0.0) (8.0)Primary 55.7 81.2 61.7 9.6 48.0 .0 1.8 9.1 .9 .0 .3Secondary (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*)Wealth index quintilePoorest 50.2 73.0 47.2 2.4 28.6 .0 .7 12.6 .0 .0 4.7Second 61.2 75.3 56.5 1.5 45.1 .0 10.8 4.1 1.3 .0 1.1Middle (49.9) (76.3) (66.7) (9.5) (50.1) (0.0) (1.0) (20.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0)Fourth (30.9) (72.0) (46.0) (3.1) (51.3) (0.0) (1.6) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0)Richest (74.8) (96.5) (81.6) (25.2) (50.4) (0.0) (0.0) (1.2) (1.9) (0.0) (0.0)Total 55.6 79.0 59.8 8.3 43.6 .0 3.2 7.7 .7 .0 1.51MICS indicator 3.8( ) Figures that are based on 25–49 unweighted cases(*) Figures that are based on less than 25 unweighted cases80MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY 2010