Table 3.

Sociodemographic variables associated with diarrheal disease among children less than two years age (n = 367) in Hadaleala District, Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia, May, 2015

Socioeconomic variables	Diarrheal disease		Crude Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
	Yes	No
Age of children (months)
< 6	12 (10.6%)	101 (89.4%)	1
6–11	38 (39.6%)	58 (60.4%)	5.51 (2.67, 11.39)	6.28 (3.00, 13.12)**
12–24	65 (41.1%)	93 (58.9%)	5.88 (2.99, 11.58)	6.21 (3.13, 12.30)**
Mothers’ education level
No formal education	111 (34.6%)	210 (65.4%)	5.55 (1.94, 15.88)	6.61 (2.27, 19.21)*
Formal education	4 (8.7%)	42 (91.3%)	1

_*Statistically significant variables at p = 0.001 _**Statistically significant variables at p < 0.001

The result of Hosmer and Lemshow test was > 0.857