Prevalence and Determinants of Diarrhea among Under-Five Children in Benna Tsemay District, South Omo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Pastoralist and Agropastoralist Context

Table 1

Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the households in Benna Tsemay District, South Omo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 01 January to 30 February, 2019.

Variables (n = 722)	Response category	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Residence	Urban	201	27.8
	Rural	521	72.2
Family size	Four and less	227	31.4
	More than four	495	68.6
Number of under-five children in the household	One	314	43.5
	Two and above	408	56.6
Relation of respondents to child	Mother	709	98.2
	Care taker	13	1.8
Age of mothers or caretaker	18–24	155	21.5
	25–34	342	47.4
	35 and more	225	31.2
Marital status	Married	698	96.7
	Divorced	10	1.4
	Others	14	1.9
Religion	Traditional	357	49.4
	Protestant	214	29.6
	Orthodox	135	18.7
	Others	16	2.2
Education of mothers or caregivers	Secondary and above	98	13.6
	Primary	106	14.7
	Illiterate	518	71.7
Occupation of mothers or caregivers	Housewife	235	32.5
	Farmer	310	42.9
	Government employee	66	9.1
	Other	111	15.4
Age of fathers, n = 711	18–24	49	6.9
	25–34	326	45.9
	35 and more	336	47.2
Education of fathers	Secondary and above	125	17.6
	Primary	117	16.5
	Illiterate	469	66
Occupation of fathers	Farmer	246	34.6
	Livestock	310	43.6
	Employee	94	13.2
	Other	61	8.6
Average income	<17 USD	311	43.1
	17–33 USD	134	18.6
	>33 USD	277	38.4
Households own a television	Yes	82	11.4
	No	640	88.6
Households have kitchen	Yes	315	43.6
	No	407	56.4
Households send all the children of school age to school	Yes	378	52.4
	No	344	47.6

Single, widowed, and separated; Muslim and apostolic; daily laborer and jobless; USD, United States Dollar.