Research Article

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 5

Bivariate and multivariate analysis of variables with under-five diarrhea among ODF and OD kebeles in Dangla woreda, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016.

VariablesODFOD
COR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)COR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)

Monthly income (in birr)<1000RefRef
1000 to 20001.3 (0.111, 15.088)0.374 (0.147, 1.002)
2001 to 300018.6 (0.065, 5173)0.778 (0.346, 1.750)

Family size≤5RefRefRefRef
>53.109 (1.260, 7.674)0.715 (0.115, 4.443)2.774 (1.565, 4.917)0.840 (0.233, 3.035)

Education of motherLiterateRefRefRef
Illiterate0.775 (0.336, 1.787)0.542 (0.321, 0.917)0.512 (0.129, 2.035)

Occupation of motherFarmerRefRefRef
Housewife1.429 (0.589, 3.462)0.461 (0.233, 0.910)2.431 (0.422, 13.995)

Child vaccinationNoRefRefRefRef
Yes0.018 (0.005, 0.065)0.037 (0.006, 0.243)0.051 (0.027, 0.098)0.032 (0.008, 0.123)

Latrine presenceNoRefRefRefRef
Yes0.013 (0.004, 0.040)0.036 (0.006, 0.233)0.177 (0.062, 0.510)0.382 (0.050, 2.913)

Main source of waterImprovedRefRefRef
Unimproved1.059 (0.461, 2.434)4.150 (2.100, 8.201)1.640 (0.360, 7.472)

Distance of water source<=1000RefRefRefRef
>10006.320 (2.253, 17.726)3.845 (0.291, 50.895)9.506 (2.656, 34.019)1.988 (0.239, 16.556)

Per capita water consumption (liters/day)<7.4RefRefRefRef
7.5–150.091 (0.032, 0.264)0.332 (0.046, 2.405)0.088 (0.044, 0.177)0.029 (0.006, 0.152)
>15.10.292 (0.099, 0.866)0.527 (0.060, 4.600)0.126 (0.056, 0.285)0.068 (0.010, 0.474)

Water shortageNoRefRefRefRef
Yes13.768 (5.232, 36.229)8.756 (1.13, 67.831)10.828 (5.824, 20.13)18.478 (4.692, 72.76)

Water treatmentNoRefRefRefRef
Yes2.833 (1.138, 7.056)1.884 (0.268, 13.2712.907 (1.605, 5.267)0.858 (0.166, 4.438)

Soap/Ash use yesterdayNoRefRefRef
Yes0.873 (0.333, 2.293)0.655 (0.374, 1.149)

Liquid waste disposalDispose openlyRefRefRef
Dispose safely0.484 (0.214, 1.095)0.171 (0.092, 0.318)0.435 (0.108, 1.751)

Solid waste disposalDispose openlyRefRefRefRef
Dispose safely0.016 (0.005, 0.052)0.143 (0.020, 0.998)0.066 (0.035, 0.124)0.023 (0.005, 0.117)

Indicates statistically significantly associated variables.