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 2

Diarrhea occurrences among ODF and OD kebeles in Dangla woreda, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016.

Variables		ODF		OD		Chi-square ( value)
		Number	%	Number	%
Diarrhea occurrence	No	236	90.1	168	63.9	50.791 (0.001)
	Yes	26	9.9	95	36.1
Diarrhea persists	≤5 days	19	73.1	69	72.6	0.002 (0.964)
	>5 days	7	26.9	26	26.3
Perception on sources of diarrhea	Food	21	43.8	51	41.1	51.535 (0.001)
	Water	26	54.2	71	57.3
	Utensils	1	2.1	2	1.6
Diarrhea prevention mechanisms done for the child	Nothing done	5	1.9	18	6.9	29.714 (0.001)
	Special food for the child	113	43.1	161	61.2
	Clean food for the child	207	79.0	190	72.2
	Care for hygiene of the child	160	61.1	209	79.5
	Care for hygiene of the family	182	69.5	192	73.0