Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in Jimma Geneti District, Oromia Regional state, Western Ethiopia, May, 2020
Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants (n = 399) | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|
Number/Percent of cases (n = 127) | Number/Percentage of controls (n = 272) | |
Sex of Child | ||
 Male | 76 (59.8) | 156 (57.4) |
 Female | 51 (40.2) | 116 (42.6) |
Age of child | ||
 0–5 months | 12 (9.4) | 17 (6.3) |
 6-11 months | 27 (21.3) | 48 (17.6) |
 12–23 months | 44 (34.6) | 79 (29) |
 24–59 months | 44 (34.6) | 128 (47.1) |
Place of Delivery | ||
 Health facility | 107 (84.3) | 231 (84.9) |
 Home | 20 (15.3) | 41 (15.1) |
Age of the respondents | ||
 18–24 years | 2 (1.6) | 9 (3.3) |
 25–35 years | 104 (81.9) | 239 (87.9) |
  > 35 years | 21 (16.5) | 24 (8.8) |
Relation of the respondents | ||
 Mother | 118 (92.9) | 266 (97.8) |
 Caregiver | 9 (7.1) | 6 (2.2) |
Ethnicity of respondents | ||
 Oromo | 126 (99.2) | 267 (98.2) |
 Amhara/other | 1 (0.8) | 5 (1.8) |
Marital status | ||
 Married | 115 (90.6) | 255 (93.8) |
 Single | 10 (7.9) | 11 (4) |
 Divorced/Widowed | 2 (1.6) | 6 (2.2) |
Education status | ||
 No formal Education | 69 (54.3) | 151 (55.5) |
  Grade 1–8 | 39 (30.7) | 63 (23.2) |
  Grade 9–12 | 13 (10.2) | 34 (12.5) |
  Grade12+ | 6 (4.7) | 24 (8.8) |
Occupational status | ||
 Housewife | 108 (85.0) | 201 (73.9) |
 Government employee | 3 (2.4) | 18 (6.6) |
 Private/other | 16 (12.6) | 53 (19.5) |
No of U-5 children in HH | ||
 1 | 65 (51.2) | 153 (56.2) |
  > =2 | 62 (48.8) | 119 (43.8) |
Relative wealth to other | ||
 Poor | 25 (19.7) | 59 (21.7) |
 Middle | 65 (51.2) | 140 (51.5) |
 Model | 37 (29.1) | 73 (26.8) |
Mothers/caregivers history of diarrhea | ||
 Yes | 34 (26.8) | 14 (5.1) |
 No | 93 (73.2) | 258 (94.9) |