| Background characteristic | Total number of children | Diarrheal disease status | Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent |
| Individual-level factors | | | | | Sex of child | | | | | Male | 5,483 | 51.5 | 1,009 | 18.4 | Female | 5,158 | 48.5 | 806 | 15.6 | Current age of child | | | | | 0-1 | 4,054 | 38.1 | 624 | 15.4 | 2-3 | 3,856 | 36.2 | 438 | 11.4 | 4-5 | 2,731 | 25.7 | 753 | 27.6 | Anemia level | | | | | Anemic | 3,589 | 33.7 | 613 | 17.1 | Not anemic | 7,052 | 66.3 | 1,202 | 17.0 | Birth order number | | | | | First order | 2,167 | 20.4 | 399 | 18.4 | 2-4 | 4,661 | 43.8 | 779 | 16.7 | Five and above | 3,813 | 35.8 | 637 | 16.7 | Types of birth | | | | | Single birth | 10,363 | 97.4 | 1,733 | 16.7 | Multiple birth | 278 | 2.6 | 82 | 29.5 | Place of delivery | | | | | Home | 6,960 | 65.4 | 1,184 | 17.0 | Health facility | 3,681 | 34.6 | 631 | 17.1 | Child vaccination | | | | | No | 8,187 | 76.9 | 1,406 | 17.2 | Yes | 2,454 | 23.1 | 409 | 16.7 | Size of child at birth | | | | | Larger than average | 3,214 | 30.2 | 544 | 16.9 | Average | 4,419 | 41.5 | 649 | 14.7 | Smaller than average | 3,008 | 28.3 | 622 | 20.7 | Duration of breastfeeding | | | | | Ever breastfed, not currently breastfeeding | 5,814 | 54.6 | 950 | 16.3 | Never breastfed | 575 | 5.4 | 219 | 38.1 | Still breastfeeding | 4,252 | 40.0 | 646 | 15.2 | Maternal age (years) | | | | | 15-24 | 2,575 | 24.2 | 494 | 19.2 | 25-34 | 6,201 | 58.3 | 1,035 | 16.7 | 35-49 | 1,865 | 17.5 | 286 | 15.3 | Highest educational level | | | | | No education | 6,838 | 64.3 | 1,159 | 16.9 | Primary | 2,678 | 25.2 | 490 | 18.3 | Secondary and above | 1,125 | 10.6 | 166 | 14.8 | Family size | | | | | Less than 4 | 3,007 | 28.3 | 632 | 21.0 | Greater than four | 7,634 | 71.7 | 1,183 | 15.5 | Wealth index | | | | | Poor | 5,775 | 54.3 | 995 | 17.2 | Middle | 1,466 | 13.8 | 260 | 17.7 | Richer | 3,400 | 32.0 | 560 | 16.5 | Current marital status | | | | | Separated | 738 | 6.9 | 145 | 19.6 | Married | 9,903 | 93.1 | 1,670 | 16.9 | Mother’s occupation | | | | | No | 7,683 | 72.2 | 1,279 | 16.6 | Yes | 2,958 | 27.8 | 536 | 18.1 | Husband education level | | | | | No education | 4,928 | 46.3 | 789 | 16.0 | Primary | 3,220 | 30.3 | 594 | 18.4 | Secondary and above | 2,493 | 23.4 | 432 | 17.3 | Number of children | | | | | 3 or less | 5,435 | 51.1 | 1,056 | 19.4 | 4 and above | 5,206 | 48.9 | 759 | 14.6 | Toilet facility | | | | | Yes | 5,711 | 53.7 | 942 | 16.5 | No | 4,930 | 46.3 | 873 | 17.7 | Community-level factors | | | | | Place of residence | | | | | Urban | 1,974 | 18.6 | 285 | 14.4 | Rural | 8,667 | 81.4 | 1,530 | 17.7 | Region | | | | | Tigray | 1,033 | 9.7 | 172 | 16.7 | Afar | 1,062 | 10.0 | 200 | 18.8 | Amhara | 977 | 9.2 | 178 | 18.2 | Oromia | 1,581 | 14.9 | 267 | 16.9 | Somali | 1,505 | 14.1 | 203 | 13.5 | Benishangul-Gumuz | 879 | 8.3 | 140 | 15.9 | SNNPR | 1,277 | 12.0 | 250 | 19.6 | Gambela | 714 | 6.7 | 144 | 20.2 | Harari | 605 | 5.7 | 107 | 17.7 | Addis Ababa | 461 | 4.3 | 53 | 11.5 | Dire Dawa | 547 | 5.1 | 101 | 18.5 | Source of drinking water | | | | | Protected | 3,133 | 29.4 | 495 | 15.8 | Unprotected | 7,508 | 70.6 | 1,320 | 17.6 |
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