Table 5.

Factors Associated with diarrheal disease among under-five children in Dale District, Southern Ethiopia, October 1–25/2017

Variables	Category	COR(95% C.I)	AOR(95% C.I)
The educational level of child-mother/caretaker	No formal education	2.7 (1.6–4.8)	3.97 (1.60,8.81)**
	Formal education	1	1
Age of the index child in a month	Below 6 months	1	1
	B/w 6–11 months	0.29 (0.09–0.93)	2.42 (0.25,24.03)
	B/w 12–24 months	2.5 (1.26–4.8)	12 (1.78, 83.18)**
	Greater than 24 months	1.4 (0.67–2.9)	2.74 (0.39,19.09)
Nutritional status	Under nourished	4.91 (2.9–8.23)	6.41 (2.47,16.77)**
	Normal	1	1
Hand washing practice	Not washing hand	5.1 (2.475–10.7)	3.10 (1.10,8.67)*
	Water only	6.8 (3.427–13.6)	6.41 (2.51,16.39)**
	Water and soap/ash	1	1
Washing hand before feeding a child	Yes	2.21 (1.329–3.7)	1.20 (0.51,2.81)
	No	1	1
Washing hand after visiting the latrine	Yes	5.45 (3.24–9.18)	2.73 (1.05,6.56)*
	No	1	1
Washing hand after cleaning the child’s bottom	Yes	4.60 (2.70–7.81)	1.88 (0.78,4.73)
	No	1	1
A separate container for drinking water storage	Yes	1	1
	No	5.33 (2.71–0.48)	2.67 (0.81,8.75)
Consumption of water per day	≤ 20 Liters	2.7 (1.60–4.61)	1.27 (0.46, 3.47)
	Above 20 Litres	1	1
Housing floor material	Mud	2.66 (1.33–5.35)	3.22 (1.16, 8.91)*
	Cement	1	1
Source of drinking water	Safe	1	1
	Unsafe	1.54 (1.12–1.99)	2.14 (0.96, 4.85)
Refuse disposal methods	Proper way	1	1
	Improper way	2.65 (1.53–4.57)	3.23 (1.37, 7.60)**

COR crude odds ratio and AOR adjusted odds ratio

*P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01 was considered statistically significant