Table 5.
Factors associated with improved child’s stool disposal in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016
| Background characteristics | Improved child’s feces disposal practice | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improved | Unimproved | |||
| Region | ||||
| Tigray | 33 | 271 | 0.22(0.13–0.38)* | 0.29(0.15–0.55)** |
| Affar | 2 | 37 | 0.11(0.05–0.25)* | 0.25(0.13–0.47)** |
| Amhara | 14 | 747 | 0.03(0.01–0.11)* | 0.05(0.02–0.19)** |
| Oromiya | 43 | 1805 | 0.04(0.02–0.09)* | 0.09(0.04–0.22)** |
| Somali | 29 | 142 | 0.36(0.19–0.65)* | 2.61(1.06–6.42)** |
| Benishangul | 1 | 43 | 0.04(0.02–0.10)* | 0.09(0.04–0.22)** |
| SNNP | 50 | 786 | 0.11(0.06–0.21)* | 0.27(0.12–0.59)** |
| Gambela | 1 | 9 | 0.17(0.09–0.35)* | 0.16(0.07–0.36)** |
| Harari | 2 | 8 | 0.45(0.24–0.83)* | 0.37(0.19–0.72)** |
| Addis Ababa | 40 | 65 | 1.08(0.61–1.92) | 0.26(0.13–0.51)** |
| Dire Dawa | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Place of residence | ||||
| Urban | 133 | 365 | 14.77(9.29–23.49)* | 1.859(0.90–3.84) |
| Rural | 83 | 3559 | 1 | 1 |
| Mother educational level | ||||
| No education | 62 | 2437 | 1 | 1 |
| Primary | 78 | 1201 | 2.52(1.64–3.89)* | 1.40(0.85–2.31) |
| Secondary | 48 | 206 | 9.14(5.03–16.61)* | 1.90(0.93–3.89) |
| Higher | 32 | 80 | 15.27(8.20–28.45)* | 1.62(0.73–3.62) |
| Household wealth index (n = 4144) | ||||
| Poorest | 7 | 968 | 1 | 1 |
| Poorer | 14 | 891 | 2.12(1.02–4.42)* | 4.50(2.06–9.84)** |
| Middle | 15 | 852 | 2.33(0.88–6.19)* | 4.91(1.92–12.55)** |
| Richer | 36 | 718 | 6.65(3.10–14.27)* | 12.53(5.59–28.10)** |
| Richest | 148 | 495 | 39.43(20.22–76.88)* | 20.23(8.59–47.66)** |
| Listening to radio | ||||
| Yes | 105 | 1024 | 2.58(1.76–3.78)* | 0.92(0.55–1.55) |
| No | 116 | 2900 | 1 | 1 |
| Watching television | ||||
| Yes | 138 | 625 | 8.73(5.88–12.94)* | 2.23(1.19–4.15)** |
| No | 83 | 3299 | 1 | 1 |
| Reading the newspaper or magazine | ||||
| Yes | 53 | 232 | 5.08(3.30–7.81)* | 0.99(0.51–1.91) |
| No | 167 | 3692 | 1 | 1 |
| Diarrhea in the last two weeks (n = 4129) | ||||
| Yes | 39 | 631 | 1.11(0.68–1.82) | |
| No | 182 | 3277 | 1 | |
| Source of drinking water | ||||
| Improved | 187 | 2143 | 4.58(2.78–7.54)* | 1.55(0.91–2.66) |
| Unimproved | 34 | 1781 | 1 | 1 |
| Age of the child | ||||
| 0–5 months | 46 | 1141 | 1 | |
| 6–11 months | 64 | 995 | 1.60(0.96–2.68) | |
| 12–17 months | 62 | 1023 | 1.52(0.96–2.39) | |
| 18–23 months | 49 | 765 | 1.59(0.92–2.74) | |
| Mother’s age | ||||
| 15–24 | 60 | 1156 | 1 | |
| 25–34 | 123 | 1982 | 1.21(0.83–1.77) | |
| > 34 | 38 | 786 | 0.94(0.53–1.66) | |
CI = Confidence Interval, COR = Crude Odds Ratio, AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio, *Significant association (P < 0.05) crude, ** Significant association (p < 0.05) adjusted