Table 3 Overall preview prevalence of diarrhoea and relationship of independent categorical variables of children aged 0–5 in India, 2019–21

 No

2,07,431

92.69

NA

 Yes

16,354

7.31

Environmental variables

 Region

0.000

  North

1,821

6.04

  East

6,160

10.57

  North East

487

5.96

  Central

3,452

5.61

  West

2,425

8.62

  South

2,009

5.35

 Type of house

0.000

  Kaccha

80

9.71

  Semi pucca

4380

7.82

  Pucca

11,015

7.05

 Source of drinking Water

  Improved

14,169

7.29

0.242

  unimproved

1,305

6.97

Sanitation facility

0.000

  Improved

10,568

6.77

  unimproved

4,907

8.59

Month of Interview

0.000

  Rainy Session

4,565

10.26

  Others

11,788

6.57

Socio-economic variables

 Place of Residence

0.000

  Urban

3,714

6.17

  Rural

12,640

7.73

 Caste

  SC/ST

5,633

7.6

0.062

  OBC

6,942

7.11

  Others

2,981

7.42

 Religion

0.000

  Hindu

13,022

7.33

  Muslim

2,729

7.5

  Others

603

6.16

 Wealth Index

0.000

  Poor

8,735

8.57

  Middle

3,173

7.24

  Rich

4,446

5.74

 Mother’s Education

0.000

  No education

3,664

7.81

  Primary

2,168

7.94

  Secondary

8,611

7.56

  Higher

1,910

5.36

 Mother's Age

0.000

  15–24 years

6,650

9.05

  25–34 years

8,584

6.51

  35–49 years

1,120

6.07

 Media to exposer

0.000

  Never

5,148

8.09

  Sometimes

10,275

7.06

  Everyday

931

6.39

Child Variables

 Sex of Child

0.000

  Boy

8,773

7.56

  Girl

7,580

7.03

 Age of Child (Months)

0.000

  0–11

4,600

10.37

  12–35

7,302

8.38

  36–59

4,330

4.83

 Birth order of Child

0.001

  1

6,119

6.98

  2

5,414

7.14

  3 and above

4,821

7.99

 WAZ Score

0.000

  Normal

10,234

7.16

  Underweight

3,612

8

  Severely Underweight

1,855

8.31