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 3

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

Variables	Response category	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Age of child (months)	0–5	83	11.5
	6–11	108	15
	12–23	192	26.6
	≥24–59	339	47
Child sex	Male	336	46.5
	Female	386	53.5
Place of delivery	Home	239	33.1
	Health facility	483	66.9
Index child birth order	First	98	13.6
	Second	127	17.6
	Third and above	497	68.8
Mother or caretaker have diarrhea history in the last two weeks	Yes	24	3.3
	No	698	96.7
Current breast feeding status	Exclusive breast feeding	101	14
	Partial breastfeeding	415	57.5
	Not breastfeeding	193	26.7
Time initiated for complementary feeding (months) (n = 621)	Before 6 months	293	47.2
	At 6 months	296	47.7
	After 6 months	32	5.2
the child mostly takes food or fluid?	Cow’s milk	255	41.1
	Powder milk	19	3.1
	Gruel	247	39.8
	Family food	87	14
	Others	13	2.1
Method of feeding	Hand	225	36.2
	Cup and spoon	280	45.1
	Bottle	44	7.1
	Others	72	11.6
Separately prepare child food	Yes	463	74.6
	No	158	25.4
Measles	Yes	521	72.2
	No	201	27.8
Rotavirus vaccine	Yes	466	64.5
	No	256	35.5
Have diarrhea in the last two weeks	Yes	170	23.5
	No	552	76.5

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