Table 2.
Possible water supply conditions associated with childhood diarrhoea (n = 794), Sheko district rural community, Southwest Ethiopia, January – February 2012
|
Variables |
Model family |
Non-model family |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Diarrhoea
|
Diarrhoea
|
|||
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
|
Main water source |
|
|
|
|
| Unprotected |
7 (2.6) |
93 (35.1) |
80 (15.1) |
161 (30.4) |
| Protected |
10 (3.8) |
155 (58.5) |
55 (10.4) |
233 (44.0) |
|
Time to fetch water (minutes) |
|
|
|
|
| < 15 |
4 (1.5) |
130 (49.1) |
86 (16.3) |
179 (33.8) |
| 15-30 |
6 (2.3) |
62 (23.4) |
34 (6.4) |
137 (25.9) |
| > 30 |
7 (2.6) |
56 (21.1) |
15 (2.8) |
78 (14.7) |
|
Water container cleanness |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
17 (6.4) |
247 (93.2) |
122 (23.1) |
340 (64.3) |
| No |
0 (0.0) |
1 (0.4) |
13 (2.5) |
54 (10.2) |
|
water consumption (L/p/d
*
) |
|
|
|
|
| ≤ 7.5 litters |
8 (3.0) |
157 (59.2) |
89 (16.8) |
243 (45.9) |
| > 7.5 litters |
9 (3.4) |
91 (34.3) |
46 (8.7) |
151 (28.5) |
|
Water treatment at home |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
8 (3.0) |
144 (54.3) |
22 (4.2) |
65 (12.3) |
| No | 9 (3.4) | 104 (39.2) | 113 (21.4) | 329 (62.2) |
*L/p/d: Litters/person/day.