Risk Factors of Diarrhoea among Children Under Five Years in Southwest Nigeria

Table 2

Association between demographic and socioeconomic variables of mothers/caregivers and diarrhoea.

Characteristics		Diarrhoea status				COR (95% CI)	value
		Controls		Cases
		Number (n)	Percentage (%)	Number (n)	Percentage (%)
Mother’s age (years)	<30	47	34.30	45	31.70	0.888 (0.539–1.464)	0.642
	>30	90	65.70	97	68.30
Religion	Christianity	116	85.29	74	51.75	0.185 (0.104–0.329)	<0.0001
	Islam	20	14.71	69	48.25	1.00
Educational status	Below tertiary	27	20.00	106	74.13	11.459 (6.521–20.139)	<0.0001
	Tertiary	108	80.00	37	25.87	1.00
Employment	Unemployed	17	12.59	33	23.08	2.082 (1.098–3.950)	0.025
	Employed	118	87.41	110	76.92	1.00
Family income	<100,000	70	61.40	109	92.37	7.613 (3.499–16.563)	<0.0001
	>100,000	44	38.60	9	7.63	1.00
Residence	Duplex	5	3.68	1	0.75	0.043 (0.004–0.413)	0.006
	4-bedroom	7	5.15	2	1.49	0.061 (0.011–0.345)	0.002
	3-bedroom	17	12.50	8	5.97	0.101 (0.033–0.305)	<0.0001
	2-bedroom	65	47.79	19	14.18	0.063 (0.026–0.151)	<0.0001
	Self-contained	33	24.26	62	46.27	0.403 (0.175–0.928)	0.033
	Rooming house	9	6.62	42	31.34	1.00
Toilet facility	Pit latrine	5	3.68	23	16.31	0.484 (0.084–2.783)	0.416
	Water closet	129	94.85	99	70.21	0.081 (0.018–0.355)	0.001
	None	2	1.47	19	13.48		1.00

( is significant); COR: crude odds ratios; CI: confidence interval.