Association between Attitude towards Wife Beating and Childhood Diarrhea: A Demographic and Health Survey-Based Study in 25 Sub-Saharan African Countries

Table 2

Frequency distribution of respondents and distribution of childhood diarrhea cross explanatory variables: evidence from 25 SSA countries.

Variables	Frequency (weighted %)	Childhood diarrhea (weighted %)
		No	Yes
Are women empowered
No	77,421 (29.41)	74.39	25.61
Yes	71,149 (70.59)	81.69	18.31
Age in years
15–19	9,115 (7.86)	79.96	20.04
20–24	33,137 (19.88)	75.04	24.96
25–29	41,127 (21.60)	78.3	21.70
30–34	32,813 (16.88)	80.78	19.22
35–39	23,473 (14.56)	84.59	15.41
40–44	11,579 (11.73)	82.28	17.72
45–49	3,661 (7.51)	88.12	11.88
Women’s educational level
No formal education	67,559 (27.57)	79.72	20.28
Primary school	52,631 (39.40)	78.45	21.55
Secondary school	30,359 (29.58)	79.94	20.06
Higher	4,349 (3.45)	87.23	12.77
Husband educational level
No formal education	59,036 (21.44)	83.10	16.90
Primary school	40,825 (27.08)	76.98	23.02
Secondary school	39,195 (44.61)	79.34	20.66
Higher	8,888 (6.87)	79.90	20.10
Women’s occupation
Not working	41,443 (25.79)	81.75	18.25
Professional/technical/managerial	4,611 (4.64)	81.52	18.48
Agricultural	56,360 (30.40)	79.28	20.72
Manual	10,342 (3.16)	77.10	22.90
Others	35,783 (36.02)	78.15	21.85
Wealth index
Poorest	38,027 (18.36)	80.66	19.34
Poorer	33,570 (21.96)	78.06	21.94
Middle	30,749 (21.52)	78.98	21.02
Richer	27,703 (20.03)	79.34	20.66
Richest	24,856 (18.14)	81.11	18.89
Place of residence
Urban	46,125 (63.85)	79.68	20.32
Rural	108,780 (36.15)	79.30	20.70
Parity
≤2	54,446 (31.71)	77.43	22.57
3-4	47,247 (31.54)	80.72	19.28
5+	53,212 (36.75)	80.28	19.72
Decision making
No	89,153 (35.44)	77.35	22.65
Yes	59,375 (64.56)	80.75	19.25
Barriers to healthcare access
No	46,486 (30.33)	80.07	19.93
Yes	95,713 (69.67)	79.32	20.68
Religion
Christian	90,493 (93.22)	79.47	20.53
Muslim	56,720 (0.31)	54.35	45.65
Others	7,565 (6.48)	81.74	18.26
Media exposure
No	73,283 (29.25)	81.51	18.49
Yes	81,272 (70.75)	78.73	21.27