Assessment of Diarrhea and Its Associated Factors in Under-Five Children among Open Defecation and Open Defecation-Free Rural Settings of Dangla District, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Participants characteristics in selected both ODF and OD kebeles in Dangla woreda, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016.

Variables		ODF		OD
		Number	%	Number	%
Age (years)	15–24	31	11.8	17	6.5
	25–34	75	28.6	64	24.3
	35+	156	59.5	182	69.2
Sex	Female	162	61.8	112	42.6
	Male	100	38.2	151	57.4
Family size (mean = 5.53)	≤5	133	50.8	95	36.1
	>5	129	49.2	168	63.9
Marital status	Unmarried	8	3.1	5	1.9
	Married	228	87.0	235	89.4
	Divorced	10	3.8	13	4.9
	Widowed	16	6.1	10	3.8
Educational status of mother	Literate	87	33.2	90	34.2
	Illiterate	175	66.8	173	65.8
Educational status of father	Literate	148	56.5	120	45.6
	Illiterate	114	43.5	143	54.4
Occupation of mother	Farmer	198	75.6	207	78.7
	Housewife	64	24.4	56	21.3
Occupation of father	Farmer	249	95.0	251	95.4
	Private	13	5.0	12	4.6
Educated child in household	No	78	29.8	58	22.1
	Yes	184	70.2	205	77.9
Educational level of child	Higher education	19	10.3	35	17.1
	Primary/secondary education	144	78.3	153	74.6
	Read/write	21	11.4	17	8.3
Child immunization (any type)	No	52	19.8	110	41.8
	Yes	210	80.2	153	58.2
Average monthly net income (in ETB)	<1000	177	67.6	202	76.8
	1000 to 2000	77	29.4	31	11.8
	2001 and above	8	3.1	30	11.4