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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics related to under-five children and their bivariate analysis with the occurrence of diarrhoea in rural Ethiopia

From: Socio-demographic, environmental and behavioural risk factors of diarrhoea among under-five children in rural Ethiopia: further analysis of the 2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey

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)

 
  1. χ2 Chi-square