Diarrheal Diseases in Under-Five Children and Associated Factors among Farta District Rural Community, Amhara Regional State, North Central Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Factors associated with diarrheal diseases among children under five years of age living in ODF and NODF kebeles in Farta District, North Central Ethiopia, 2017.
Variables
Diarrhea
AOR (95%, CI)
value
Yes (%)
No (%)
COR (95% CI)
Educational status of respondents
Have no formal education
150 (66.1)
438 (82.5)
2.41 (1.6, 3.5)
2.1 (1.2, 2.7)
Have formal education
77 (33.9)
93 (17.5)
1.00
Family average monthly income
≤1000
36 (15.9)
114 (21.5)
2.39 (1.52, 3.78)
2.1 (1.3, 2.9)
1001–2000
92 (40.5)
268 (53.9)
2.35 (1.65, 3.35)
1.2 (1.1, 2.2)
>2000
99 (43.6)
131 (24.7)
1.00
1.00
Family size
<5
126 (55.5)
348 (65.5)
1.00
1.00
≥5
101 (44.5)
183 (34.5)
1.5 (1.2, 2.10)
1.3 (1.11, 1.9)
Age of the child
≤12 months
50 (22)
196 (36.9)
1.00
1.00
>12 months
177 (78)
335 (63.1)
2.07 (1.45, 2.97)
2 (1.4, 2.7)
Number of rooms in the house
1-2 rooms
90 (39.6)
256 (48.2)
1.42 (1.3, 1.94)
1.3 (1.1, 1.7)
3 and more rooms
137 (60.4)
275 (51.8)
1.00
1.00
Type of house roof constructed
Grass
18 (7.9)
107 (20.2)
2.9 (1.73, 4.96)
2.3 (1.53, 3.4)
Corrugated iron sheet
209 (92.1)
424 (79.8)
1.00
1.00
Status of kebeles
NODF
154 (67.8)
226 (42.6)
2.8 (2.05, 3.95)
2.4 (1.17, 3.23)
ODF
73 (32.2)
305 (57.4)
1.00
1.00
Latrine utilization pattern
Sometimes
44 (29.3)
40 (11)
1.6 (1.30, 2.27)
1.50 (1.1, 2.4)
Most of the time
55 (36.7)
59 (16.3)
4.82 (2.1, 6.93)
2.6 (1.9, 3.7)
Always
51 (34.0)
264 (72.7)
1.00
1.00
Service year of latrine
0–4 years
90 (60)
273 (76.5)
1
1
>4 years
60 (40)
84 (23.5)
2 (1.44, 3.26)
1.8 (1.2, 3.1)
Functional handwashing facility near the latrine
Yes
144 (26.4)
129 (70.2)
1
1
No
15 (73.6)
61 (29.8)
11.9 (6.2, 23.1)
11 (8.1, 29.6)
Where do you dispose infants’ excreta?
Throwing out of houses
176 (77.5)
364 (68.5)
1.6 (1.2, 3.9)
1.4 (1.1, 3.7)
Dispose in the latrine
51 (22.5)
167 (31.5)
1.
1
Mothers had a diarrheal diseases in the last 2 weeks
