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

Table 4

Multivariate Analysis of mothers/caregivers' sociodemographic status.

Characteristics		Diarrhoea status		AOR (95% CI)	value
		Controls (%)	Cases (%)
Mother’s age	<30	34.31	31.69	0.435 (0.179 – 1.056)	0.066
	>30	65.69	68.31	1.00
Religion	Christianity	85.29	51.75	0.200 (0.070 – 0.569)	0.003
	Islam	14.71	48.25	1.00
Educational status	Below tertiary	20.00	74.13	10.908 (40.62 – 29.291)	<0.0001
	Tertiary	80.00	25.87	1.00
Employment	Unemployed	12.59	23.08	4.374 (1.453 – 13.165)	0.009
	Employed	87.41	76.92	1.00
Income	<100,000	61.40	92.37	4.342 (1.364 – 13.821)	0.013
	>100,000	38.60	7.63	1.00
Residence	Duplex	3.68	0.75	0.000
	4 – bedroom	5.15	1.49	1.55 (0.10 – 2.398)	0.182
	3 – bedroom	12.50	5.97	1.540 (0.241 – 9.861)	0.648
	2 – bedroom	47.79	14.18	1.773 (0.320 – 9.832)	0.512
	Self-contained	24.26	46.27	2.157 (0.467 – 9.957)	0.325
	Rooming house	6.62	31.34	1.00
Toilet facility	Pit latrine	3.68	16.31	NC
	Water closet	94.85	70.21	0.153 (0.022 – 1.045)	0.055
	None	1.47	13.48	1.00

(AOR: is significant). AOR: adjusted odds ratios; CI: confidence interval.