Table 10.

Relationship between daytime defecation practices and diarrhoea prevalence in the study area

Variables	Categories	Diarrhoea
		No	Yes	Total
Defecation practice during the day	Unsafe	217 (90.4%)	23 (9.6%)	240 (80.3%)
	Safe	41 (69.5%)	18 (30.5%)	59 (19.7%)
	Total	258 (86.3%)	41 (13.7%)	299 (100.0%)
	Chi square (χ) = 7.525; degree of freedom (df) = 1, P = 0.0001; OR = 4.142 CI = 2.054–8.352.
Defecation practice during the day	Unsafe	68 (73.1%)	25 (26.9%)	93 (31.0%)
	Safe	191 (92.3%)	16 (7.7%)	207 (69.0%)
	Total	259 (86.3%)	41 (13.7%)	300 (100.0%)
	Chi square (χ) = 19.949; df = 1, P = 0.0001; OR = 0. .228; CI = 115–0,452.