Table 1.

Socio-demographic factors associated with the prevalence of diarrhea in Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh

	Children reporting diarrhea
	Exposed to flood	p-value within group	Unexposed to flood	p-value within group	Total	p-value within group
Variables	No (%)		No (%)		No (%)
Gender
Male	110(54.7)	0.87	117(54.9)	0.63	227(54.83)	0.65
Female	111(55.5)		110(57.3)		221(49.77)
Religion
Hindu	181(54.0)	0.32	156(56.1)	0.52	337(54.97)	0.40
Muslim	40(60.6)		72(56.7)		112(58.03)
Caste
General	35(56.5)	0.22	56(49.1)	0.25	91(51.78)	0.39
Schedule caste	39(48.1)		27(69.2)		66(55.00)
Other backward caste	103(54.8)		71(58.2)		174(56.12)
Schedule tribe	4(100.0)		2(66.7)		6(85.71)
Others	40(60.6)		72(56.2)		112(57.73)
Age group (months)
6–17	62(71.3)	0.007*	62(67.4)	0.003*	124(69.27)	0.000**
18–29	45(55.6)		53(64.6)		98(60.12)
30–41	37(50.0)		41(51.9)		78(50.98)
42–53	45(45.0)		40(42.1)		85(43.58)
54–59	9(56.2)		10(45.5)		19(50)
Household size
Small	43(53.8)	0.27	36(58.1)	0.27	79(55.63)	0.10
Medium	160(55.6)		163(56.9)		323(56.17)
Large	18(58.1)		21(59.6)		39(58.20)
Very large	0(0.0)		7(37.0)		7(30.43)
Per capita income
Very poor	62(50.8)	0.43	62(70.5)	0.01*	124(59.04)	0.61
Poor	86(55.5)		91(56.2)		177(55.83)
Middle income	43(63.2)		54(49.1)		97(54.49)
Rich	13(54.2)		16(47.1)		29(50)
Father's literacy status
Literate	107(62.2)	0.01*	117(52.9)	0.19	224(56.99)	0.38
Non-literate	112(49.6)		108(59.3)		220(53.92)
Mother's literacy status
Literate	29(70.7)	0.03*	43(46.7)	0.03*	72(54.13)	0.70
Non-literate	192(53.3)		108(59.0)		300(44.64)
Place of delivery
Home	192(53.3)	0.03*	204(57.5)	0.16	396(55.38)	0.68
Hospital	29(70.7)		24(47.1)		53(57.60)
Has the family taken any loan?
Yes	146(61.1)	0.009*	170(60.8)	0.059	316(73.83)	0.002*
No	74(47.7)		108(51.4)		182(49.86)

^**Significant at <0.001.

^*Significant at <0.05.