Assessment of Poor Home Management Practice of Diarrhea and Associated Factors among Caregivers of Under-Five Years Children in Urban and Rural Residents of Doba Woreda, Ethiopia: Comparative Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Socio-demographic characteristics of caregivers of under-five children’s in urban and rural resident of Doba woreda, Ethiopia, 2017.
Variables
Category
Residence
Total (n=559)
Urban (n =184)
Rural (n=375)
Age of the caregiver
15-25
80(43.5)
116(30.9)
196(35.06)
26-35
79(42.9)
212(56.5)
291(52.0)
>36
25(13.6.)
47(12.7)
72(12.4)
Religion
Muslim
137(74.5)
331(88.3)
468(83.7)
Orthodox
33 (17.9)
41 (10.9
749 (13.3)
Others
14(7.6)
3(0.8)
17(3.0)
Ethnicity
Oromo
168 (91.3)
353 (94.1)
521(93.2)
Amhara
13(7.1)
21(5.6)
34 (6.1)
Others
3(1.6)
1(0.3)
4(0.7)
Educational status
Can’t read and write
22(12.0)
199(53)
221(39.5)
Read and write
3(1.6)
23(6.1)
26(4.7)
Primary
6 4(34.8)
130(34.7)
194(34.7)
Secondary
72(39.1)
21(5.7)
93(16.6)
Tertiary (college)
23(12.5)
2(0.5)
25(4.5)
Occupation
Housewife
89(48.4)
136(36.3)
225(40.3)
Farmer
12(6.5)
186(49.6)
198(35.4)
Merchant
32(17.4)
24(6.4)
56(10.0)
Governmental employs
36(19.6)
3(.8)
39(7.0)
Others
15(8.1)
26(6.9)
41(7.3)
Marital status
Married
174(94.6)
344(91.7)
518(92.7)
Single
0
1(0.3)
1(0.3)
Divorced
8(4.3)
21(5.6)
29(5.0)
Widowed
2(1.1)
9(2.4)
11(2.0)
Relationship caregiver with child
Biological mother
181(98.4)
365(97.3)
546(97.7)
Grand mother
2(1.1)
4(1.1)
6(1.1)
Others
1(0.5)
6(1.6)
7(1.2)
Number of under-five children
1
117(63.6)
183(48.8)
300(53.7)
2
66(35.9)
188(50.1)
254(45.4)
3
1(0.5)
4(1.1)
5(0.9)
Place of delivery
Health facility
147(79.9)
188(50.2)
335(59.9)
Home
37(20.1)
185(49.3)
222(39.7)
Other places
0(.0)
2(0.5)
2(0.4)
Sex of child
Male
100(54.3)
182(48.5)
282(50.4)
Female
84(45.7)
193(51.5)
277(49.6)
Age of the child in months
6-11
27(14.7)
37(9.9)
64(11.4)
12-23
48(26.1)
113(30.1)
161(28.8)
24-35
46(25.0)
112(29.9)
158(28.3)
36-47
35(19.1)
56(14.9)
91(16.3)
48-59
28(15.1)
57(15.2)
85(15.2)
Birth order of the index child
First
78(42.4)
101(26.9)
179(32.1)
Second
57(31.0)
88(23.5)
145(25.9)
Third
16(8.7)
44(11.7)
60(10.7)
Fourth and above
33(17.9)
142(37.9)
175(31.3)
= Protestant, Catholic and Waqefata, =Gurage and Somali, = private work, Day laborer, Jobless, =father, relatives, = on the way to the health facility
