Variables | Had diarrhoea recently | χ2-test | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Counts (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | P-value | |
Current age of mother (year) | 0.004 | |||
15–24 | 1972(24.5) | 1724 (87.4) | 248 (12.6) | |
25–34 | 4080 (50.7) | 3610 (88.5) | 470(11.5) | |
35–49 | 1989(24.7) | 1803(90.6) | 186(9.4) | |
Sex of child | 0.042 | |||
Male | 4103(51.0) | 3613(88.1) | 490(11.9) | |
Female | 3938(49.0) | 3524(89.5) | 414(10.5) | |
Current age of child | 0.000 | |||
< 6 month | 891(11.1) | 816(91.6) | 75(8.4) | |
6–11 | 801(10.0) | 650(81.1) | 151(18.9) | |
12–23 | 1517(18.9) | 1243(81.9) | 274(18.1) | |
24–35 | 1567(19.5) | 1378(87.9) | 189(12.1) | |
> 35 month | 3265(40.6) | 3050(93.4) | 215(6.6) | |
Education of mother | 0.050 | |||
No formal education | 5801(72.1) | 5182(89.3) | 619(10.7) | |
Primary | 1912(23.8) | 1667(87.2) | 245(12.8) | |
Secondary | 270(3.4) | 235(87.0) | 35(13.0) | |
Higher | 58(0.7) | 53(91.4) | 5(8.6) | |
Region | 0.000 | |||
Tigray | 820(10.2) | 726(88.5) | 94(11.5) | |
Afar | 879(10.9) | 787(89.5) | 92(10.5) | |
Amhara | 838(10.4) | 725(86.5) | 113(13.5) | |
Oromia | 1414(17.6) | 1250(88.4) | 164(11.6) | |
Somali | 1106(13.8) | 1032(93.3) | 74(6.7) | |
Benishangul | 765(9.5) | 692(90.5) | 73(9.5) | |
SNNP | 1104(13.7) | 946(85.7) | 158(14.3) | |
Gambela | 491(6.1) | 431(87.8) | 60(12.2) | |
Harari | 364(4.5) | 320(87.9)) | 44(12.1) | |
Dire Dawa | 260(3.2) | 228(87.7) | 32(12.3) | |
Number of under 5 children in a household | 0.001 | |||
2 or less | 6342(78.9) | 5589(88.1) | 753(11.9) | |
3 and above | 1699(21.1) | 1548(91.1) | 151(8.9) | |
Wealth index of the household | 0.015 | |||
Poor | 5194(64.6) | 4649(89.5) | 545(10.5) | |
Middle | 1332(16.6) | 1167(87.6) | 165(12.4) | |
Rich | 1515(18.8) | 1321(87.2) | 194(12.8) | |
Birth order number | 0.185 | |||
1st order | 1362(16.9) | 1195(87.7) | 167(12.3) | |
2nd | 1224(15.2) | 1103(90.1) | 121(9.9) | |
3rd | 1152(14.3) | 1011(87.8) | 141(12.2) | |
4th | 1062(13.2) | 935(88.0) | 127(12.0) | |
5th and above | 3241(40.3) | 2893(89.3) | 348(10.7) | |
Religion | 0.011 | |||
Orthodox | 2108(26.20) | 1859(88.2) | 249(11.8) | |
Catholic | 46(0.6) | 40(87.0) | 6(13.0) | |
Protestant | 1492(18.6) | 1291(86.5) | 201(13.5) | |
Muslin | 4232(52.6) | 3801(89.8) | 431(10.2) | |
Traditional/other | 163(2.0) | 146(89.6) | 17(10.4) | |
Mother’s current work status | 0.053 | |||
Not working | 6046(75.2) | 5390(89.1) | 656(10.9) | |
Working | 1995(24.8) | 1747(87.6) | 248(12.4) | |
Mother’s marital status | 0.242 | |||
Married/Living with partner | 7659(95.2) | 6805(88.8) | 854(11.2) | |
Widowed/separated/never in union | 382(4.8) | 332(86.9) | 50(13.1) | |
Number of household members | 0.046 | |||
5 and fewer | 3267(40.6) | 2872(87.9) | 395(12.1) | |
6 and above | 4774(59.4) | 4265(89.3) | 509(10.7) | |
Child lives with whom | 0.141 | |||
Mother | 7904(98.30) | 7010(88.7) | 894(11.3) | |
Other caregiver | 137(1.70) | 127(92.7) | 10(7.3) | |
Currently breastfeeding | 0.002 | |||
No | 2582(32.1) | 2333(90.4) | 249(9.6) | |
Yes | 5459(67.9) | 4804(88.0) | 655(12.0) |