Research Article
Diarrhea Prevention Practice and Associated Factors among Caregivers of Under-Five Children in Enemay District, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Distribution of sociodemographic characteristics of study caregivers’ in Enemay district, northwest Ethiopia, 2018.
| Variable name | Category | Frequency | Percent |
| Age | 15–24 | 50 | 12.6 | 25–34 | 194 | 48.7 | >35 | 154 | 38.7 |
| Sex | Male | 8 | 2.0 | Female | 390 | 98.0 |
| Religion | Orthodox | 294 | 73.9 | Muslim | 103 | 26.1 |
| Occupation | Housewife | 347 | 87.2 | Student | 7 | 1.8 | Employed | 11 | 2.8 | Merchant | 33 | 8.3 |
| Education | No formal education | 263 | 66.1 | Primary (1–8) | 111 | 27.9 | Secondary (9–12) and above | 24 | 6.0 |
| Husband education | No formal education | 259 | 65.1 | Primary (1–8) | 119 | 29.9 | Secondary (9–12) and above | 20 | 5.0 |
| Family size | <4 | 228 | 57.3 | 5–8 | 170 | 42.7 |
| No. of 5 < children | 1-2 | 392 | 98.5 | 3-4 | 6 | 1.5 |
| Relation to child | Mother | 301 | 75.6 | Sister | 89 | 22.4 | Father | 8 | 2 |
| Average monthly income | 1401–2350 | 215 | 54 | 2351–5000 | 131 | 33 | >5000 | 5 | 1.2 | No income | 47 | 11.8 |
| Marital status | Single | 11 | 2.8 | Married | 382 | 95.9 | Divorced | 5 | 1.3 |
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