Table 2: Socioeconomic data from children with acute respiratory infection.

Total n = 660 Children < 1 year 1-3 years 4-6 years p-value*
n (%) n (%) n (%)
257 39% 314 48% 89 13%
Gender
Masc. 142 55% 141 45% 49 57% 0.0368
Fem. 115 45% 173 55% 40 47%
Passive smoker
Yes 91 35% 104 33% 30 34% 0.7693
No 114 44% 151 48% 39 44%
Not informed 52 20% 59 19% 20 22%
No. of people that sleep with the child
0-1 40 16% 85 27% 23 26% 0.0134
2-4 143 56% 152 48% 48 54%
> 5 32 12% 31 10% 6 7%
Not informed 42 16% 46 15% 12 13%
Rooms
0-1 14 5% 14 4% 3 3% 0.9877
2-4 126 49% 157 50% 47 53%
> 5 117 46% 142 45% 39 44%
Not informed 0 1 0% 0
Windows
0-1 32 12% 26 8% 10 11% 0.4516
2-5 138 54% 185 59% 55 62%
> 5 81 32% 95 30% 24 27%
Not informed 6 2% 8 3% 0
Guardian's educational level
< 9th grade Elem. School 115 44% 114 36% 35 39% 0.1413
10th-12th grade High School 112 43% 150 48% 40 45%
College or more 15 6% 33 11% 10 11%
Uneducated 2 1% 0 0
Not informed 13 5% 17 5% 4 4%
Family income
< 1 151 151 149 47% 50 56% 0.1413
2-4 80 31% 125 40% 33 33
> 5 6 2% 9 3% 2 2%
No income 20 8% 31 10% 4 4%
Not informed

*Chi-square test. The uninformed data were disregarded in this analysis.