Table 1.
Possible environmental factors associated with childhood diarrhoea (n = 794), Sheko district rural community, Southwest Ethiopia, January – February 2012
|
Variables |
Model family |
Non-model family |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Diarrhoea
|
Diarrhoea
|
|||
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
|
Climatic zone |
|
|
|
|
| “Kolla” |
12 (4.5) |
156 (58.9) |
89 (16.8) |
245 (46.3) |
| “Woina dega” |
4 (1.5) |
56 (21.1) |
29 (5.5) |
90 (17.0) |
| “Dega” |
1 (0.4) |
36 (13.6) |
17 (3.2) |
59 (11.2) |
|
Latrine availability |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
17 (6.4) |
248 (93.6) |
127 (24.0) |
389 (73.5) |
| No |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
8 (1.5) |
5 (0.9) |
|
latrine maintenance |
|
|
|
|
| No need |
1 (0.4) |
171 (64.5) |
75 (14.5) |
134 (26.0) |
| Needed |
16 (6.0) |
77 (29.1 |
52 (10.1) |
255 (49.4) |
|
Latrine location from well water |
|
|
||
| Uphill |
7 (8.2) |
23 (27.1) |
33 (25.4) |
22 (16.9) |
| Same level |
4 (4.7) |
6 (7.1) |
21 (16.2) |
4 (3.1) |
| Downward |
3 (3.5) |
42 (49.4) |
21 (16.2) |
29 (22.3) |
|
Latrine distance from well water |
|
|
|
|
| < 15 meters |
5 (5.9) |
14 (16.5) |
53 (40.8) |
14 (10.8) |
| 15–30 meters |
3 (3.5) |
18 (21.2) |
7 (5.4) |
23 (17.7) |
| > 30 meters |
6 (7.1) |
39 (45.9) |
15 (11.5) |
18 (13.8) |
|
Hand washing facility near to latrine |
|
|
||
| Yes |
13 (4.9) |
197 (74.3) |
30 (5.8) |
81 (15.7) |
| No |
4 (1.5) |
51 (19.2) |
97 (18.8) |
308 (59.7) |
|
House shared with domestic animals |
|
|
||
| Yes |
4 (1.5) |
56 (21.1) |
38 (7.2) |
142 (26.6) |
| No |
13 (4.9) |
192 (72.5) |
97 (18.3) |
252 (47.6) |
|
Refuse disposal method |
|
|
|
|
| Proper disposal |
17 (6.4) |
232 (87.5) |
106 (20.0) |
245 (46.3) |
| Improper disposal | 0 (0.0) | 16 (6.0) | 29 (5.5) | 149 (28.2) |