Trends and Factors Associated with Healthcare Utilization for Childhood Diarrhea and Fever in Ethiopia: Further Analysis of the Demographic and Health Surveys from 2000 to 2016

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of the samples 2000–2016 EDHS.

Variables	2000		2005		2011		2016
	n	%	N	%	N	%	n	%
Sex of child
Male	5095	51.3	4732	51.6	5407	50.9	4537	51.8
Female	4846	48.7	4440	48.4	5224	49.1	4225	48.2
Child birth order
First birth	1660	16.7	1528	16.7	1910	18	1487	17
Second birth	1562	15.7	1437	15.7	1759	16.5	1427	16.3
Third birth	1291	13	1213	13.2	1410	13.3	1242	14.2
Forth birth and above	5428	54.6	4994	54.4	5552	52.2	4606	52.6
Total under-five birth
One birth	3876	51.2	3608	51.3	4143	50.5	3566	51.3
Two births	3007	39.7	2735	38.9	3111	37.9	2554	36.7
Three and above births	694	9.2	686	9.8	948	11.6	834	12
Mother’s age
Below 30	5228	46.4	4747	46.7	5745	48.2	4638	47.7
30 and higher	6037	53.6	5412	53.3	6175	51.8	5093	52.3
Mother’s education
No education	8817	78.3	7407	72.9	7548	63.3	5640	58
Primary	1458	12.9	1590	15.7	3290	27.6	2676	27.5
Secondary/higher	990	8.8	1162	11.5	1082	9.1	1415	14.6
Husband’s education
No education	7157	63.5	5946	58.5	5905	49.5	4431	45.5
Primary	2200	19.5	2287	22.5	4088	34.3	3054	31.4
Secondary/higher	1908	16.9	1926	18.9	1927	16.1	2246	23.1
Information about oral rehydration salt
No	3205	28.5	4476	44.4	3335	28.1	2240	23
Yes	8042	71.5	5607	55.6	8549	71.9	7491	77
Wanted last child
Wanted then	4643	65.2	4479	68.9	5667	74.6	5332	80.7
Wanted later	1183	16.6	1006	15.5	1297	17.1	881	13.3
Wanted no more	1291	18.1	1014	15.6	634	8.3	397	6
Exposure to mass media
No	9906	88	8546	84.2	9650	81	6599	69.1
Yes	1353	12	1608	15.8	2260	19	2955	30.9
Antenatal care
No	4801	67.4	4403	67.7	4189	55.1	2292	34.7
1–3	1187	16.7	955	14.7	1731	22.8	1949	29.5
4 and more	1131	15.9	1148	17.6	1683	22.1	236	35.8
Place of delivery
Home	6344	89.1	5618	86.4	6295	82.9	4097	62
Health facility	774	10.9	882	13.6	1302	17.1	2513	38
Desire to have more children
Wants no more children	3805	35.3	4186	42.7	4070	35.2	2875	30.4
Wants more children	6970	64.7	5623	57.3	7484	64.8	6593	69.6
Residence
Rural	8708	77.3	7819	77	8827	74.1	2456	74.8
Urban	2557	22.7	2340	23	3093	25.9	7275	25.2
Region
Tigray	1074	9.5	974	9.6	1264	10.6	946	9.7
Afar	747	6.6	685	6.7	1081	9.1	857	8.8
Amhara	1677	14.9	1609	15.8	1611	13.5	1112	11.4
Oromia	1863	16.5	1643	16.2	1568	13.2	1312	13.5
Somali	650	5.8	552	5.4	711	6	964	9.9
Ben-Gumuz	813	7.2	708	7	1013	8.5	800	8.2
SNNPR	1439	12.8	1488	14.6	1427	12	1216	12.5
Gambella	762	6.8	611	6	921	7.7	704	7.2
Harari	627	5.6	567	5.6	748	6.3	570	5.9
Dire Dawa	670	5.9	536	5.3	742	6.2	548	6
Addis Ababa	943	8.4	786	7.7	834	7	666	6.8
Wealth index
Poorest	—	—	2341	23	3080	25.8	2880	29.6
Poorer	—	—	1720	16.9	1916	16.1	1489	15.3
Middle	—	—	1629	16	1774	14.9	1349	13.9
Richest	—	—	1538	15.1	1831	15.4	1303	13.4
Richer	—	—	2931	28.9	3319	27.8	2710	27.8
Postnatal care
No	—	—	5565	97.4	6062	81	6007	90.9
Yes	—	—	149	2.6	294	19	598	9.1