Table 8.

Relationship between socio-demographic by the management of under five children faeces variables in the study area

Variables	Categories	Sanitation chain by caregivers for under-5 children during the day
Wealth categories		Unsafe	Safe	Total
	Poor	97 (95.1%)	5 (4.9%)	102 (34.0%)
	Average	72 (97.3%)	2 (2.7%)	74 (24.7%)
	Rich	114 (91.9%)	10 (8.1%)	124 (41.3%)
	Total	283 (94.3%)	17 (5.7%)	300 (100.0%)
	Chi square (χ) = 2.797; degree of freedom (df) = 2, P-value (P) = 0.247a
Wealth categories		Sanitation chain by caregivers for under-5 children at night
		Unsafe	Safe	Total
	Poor	49 (48.0%)	53 (52.0%)	102 (34.0%)
	Average	18 (24.3%)	56 75.7%)	74 (24.7%)
	Rich	26 (21.0%)	98 (79.0%)	124 (41.3%)
	Total	93 (31.0%)	207 (69.0%)	300 (100.0%)
	χ = 21.221; df = 2, P = 0.0001
		Handwashing practices
Variable	Category	Correct	Incorrect	Total
Types of household toilet	improved	87 (79.8%)	106 (56.1%)	193 (64.8%)
	Unimproved	22 (20.2%)	83 (43.9%)	105 (35.2%)
	Total	109 (36.6%)	189 (63.4%)	298 (100.0%)
	χ =17.062; df = 1; P < .0001; Odd ratio (OR) = 0.323; Confidence interval (CI) = 0.187-0.559
Wealth	Poor	13 (12.7%)	89 (87.3%)	102 (34.1%)
	Average	19 (25.7%)	55 (74.3%)	74 (24.7%)
	Rich	77 (62.6%)	46 (37.4%)	123 (41.1%)
	Total	109 (36.5%)	190 (63.5%)	299 (100.0%)
	χ =64.764; df = 2; P < 0.0001
Defecation practice of the under 5 child during the day	Improved	101 (40.6%)	148 (59.4%)	249 (84.4%)
	Unimproved	5 (10.9%)	41 (89.1%)	46 (15.6%)
	Total	106 (35.9%)	189 (64.1%)	295 (100.0%)
	χ ==14.870; df = 1; P < .0001a; OR = 5.596; CI = 2.138–14.648
Defecation practice of the under 5 child during the night	Improved	100 (39.7%)	152 (60.3%)	252 (84.3%)
	Unimproved	9 (19.1%)	38 (80.9%)	47 (15.7%)
	Total	109 (36.5%)	190 (63.5%)	299 (100.0%)
	χ =7.210, df = 1, P = .008a; OR = 2.778; CI = 1.287–5.994

^a = Fisher’s Exact Test