Table 3.

Factors associated with coutilisation of ORS and zinc for management of diarrhoea among under-5 children in East Africa from 2011 to 2022

Variable	ORS and zinc coutilisation		CPR (95% CI)	APR (95% CI)	P value
Individual-level variables	No (%)	Yes (%)
Age of the mother
15–19	746 (52.03)	687 (47.97)	1	1	<0.01
20–24	2106 (44.67)	2609 (55.33)	1.13 (1.06 to 1.2)	1.14 (1.07 to 1.2)*	<0.01
25–29	2026 (44.57)	2519 (55.43)	1.12 (1.05 to 1.2)	1.13 (1.06 to1.2)*	<0.01
30–34	1573 (48.73)	1654 (51.27)	1.06 (0.99 to 1.1)	1.09 (1.02 to 1.2)*	0.256
35–39	982 (49.99)	982 (50.01)	1.01 (0.94 to 1.1)	1.04 (0.97 to 1.1)	0.929
40–44	400 (52.90)	357 (47.10)	0.95 (0.87 to 1.0)	1.00 (0.92 to 1.1)	0.53
45–49	106 (51.32)	100 (48.68)	0.98 (0.85 to 1.1)	1.05 (0.91 to 1.2)
Maternal educational status
No formal education	2004 (54.67)	1662 (45.33)	1	1	<0.01
Primary	3873 (45.33)	4671 (54.67)	1.17 (1.12 to 1.2)	1.15 (1.09 to 1.2)*	<0.08
Secondary	1806 (45.81)	2136 (54.19)	1.14 (1.08 to 1.2)	1.08 (1.02 to 1.1)*	<0.01
Higher	256 (36.75)	440 (63.25)	1.28 (1.19 to 1.4)	1.19 (1.10 to 1.3)*
Household wealth index
Poor	3819 (49.10)	3958 (50.90)	1	1	0.137
Middle	1511 (46.96)	1707 (53.04)	1.05 (1.01 to 1.1)	1.03 (0.99 to 1.1)	0.042
Rich	2609 (44.57)	3245 (55.43)	1.07 (1.03 to 1.1)	1.04 (1.01 to 1.1)*
Maternal employment status
Not employed	2769 (48.19)	2977 (51.81)	1	1	0.08
Employed	5170 (46.57)	5933 (53.43)	0.98 (0.95 to 1.1)	0.97 (0.94 to 1.04)
Media exposure
No	3022 (50.72)	2936 (49.28)	1	1	0.046
Yes	4917 (45.15)	5974 (54.85)	1.08 (1.04 to 1.1)	1.04 (1.01 to 1.1)*
Community illiteracy level
Low	1287 (42.96)	1709 (57.04)	1	1	0.065
High	6653 (48.02)	7201 (51.98)	0.92 (0.89 to 0.9)	0.96 (0.92 to 1.03)
Community poverty level
Low	3641 (47.32)	4053 (52.68)	1	1	0.095
High	4298 (46.95)	4857 (53.05)	0.99 (0.97 to 1.0)	1.03 (0.99 to 1.1)

*p≤0.05.

APR, adjusted prevalence ratio; CPR, crude PR; ORS, oral rehydration solution.