Table 3.
Factors associated with diarrheal diseases among children under five years of age living in ODF and NODF kebeles in Farta District, North Central Ethiopia, 2017.
| Variables | Diarrhea | AOR (95%, CI) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (%) | No (%) | COR (95% CI) | |||
| Educational status of respondents | |||||
| Have no formal education | 150 (66.1) | 438 (82.5) | 2.41 (1.6, 3.5) | 2.1 (1.2, 2.7) | P < 0.01 |
| Have formal education | 77 (33.9) | 93 (17.5) | 1.00 | ||
| Family average monthly income | |||||
| ≤1000 | 36 (15.9) | 114 (21.5) | 2.39 (1.52, 3.78) | 2.1 (1.3, 2.9) | P < 0.008 |
| 1001–2000 | 92 (40.5) | 268 (53.9) | 2.35 (1.65, 3.35) | 1.2 (1.1, 2.2) | P < 0.001 |
| >2000 | 99 (43.6) | 131 (24.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Family size | |||||
| <5 | 126 (55.5) | 348 (65.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| ≥5 | 101 (44.5) | 183 (34.5) | 1.5 (1.2, 2.10) | 1.3 (1.11, 1.9) | P < 0.02 |
| Age of the child | |||||
| ≤12 months | 50 (22) | 196 (36.9) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| >12 months | 177 (78) | 335 (63.1) | 2.07 (1.45, 2.97) | 2 (1.4, 2.7) | P < 0.001 |
| Number of rooms in the house | |||||
| 1-2 rooms | 90 (39.6) | 256 (48.2) | 1.42 (1.3, 1.94) | 1.3 (1.1, 1.7) | P < 0.03 |
| 3 and more rooms | 137 (60.4) | 275 (51.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Type of house roof constructed | |||||
| Grass | 18 (7.9) | 107 (20.2) | 2.9 (1.73, 4.96) | 2.3 (1.53, 3.4) | P < 0.01 |
| Corrugated iron sheet | 209 (92.1) | 424 (79.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Status of kebeles | |||||
| NODF | 154 (67.8) | 226 (42.6) | 2.8 (2.05, 3.95) | 2.4 (1.17, 3.23) | P < 0.03 |
| ODF | 73 (32.2) | 305 (57.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Latrine utilization pattern | |||||
| Sometimes | 44 (29.3) | 40 (11) | 1.6 (1.30, 2.27) | 1.50 (1.1, 2.4) | P < 0.001 |
| Most of the time | 55 (36.7) | 59 (16.3) | 4.82 (2.1, 6.93) | 2.6 (1.9, 3.7) | P < 0.002 |
| Always | 51 (34.0) | 264 (72.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Service year of latrine | |||||
| 0–4 years | 90 (60) | 273 (76.5) | 1 | 1 | |
| >4 years | 60 (40) | 84 (23.5) | 2 (1.44, 3.26) | 1.8 (1.2, 3.1) | P < 0.001 |
| Functional handwashing facility near the latrine | |||||
| Yes | 144 (26.4) | 129 (70.2) | 1 | 1 | |
| No | 15 (73.6) | 61 (29.8) | 11.9 (6.2, 23.1) | 11 (8.1, 29.6) | P < 0.001 |
| Where do you dispose infants' excreta? | |||||
| Throwing out of houses | 176 (77.5) | 364 (68.5) | 1.6 (1.2, 3.9) | 1.4 (1.1, 3.7) | P < 0.001 |
| Dispose in the latrine | 51 (22.5) | 167 (31.5) | 1. | 1 | |
| Mothers had a diarrheal diseases in the last 2 weeks | |||||
| Yes | 49 (21.6) | 81 (15.3) | 11.5 (1.03, 2.27) | 1.2 (1.1, 24) | P < 0.006 |
| No | 178 (78.4) | 450 (84.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Handwashing after touching infants' faeces | |||||
| Yes | 137 (60.4) | 230 (43.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| No | 90 (39.9) | 301 (56.7) | 2.8 (1.45, 3.73) | 1.6 (1.12, 2.03) | P < 0.001 |
| Faeces seen around the compound | |||||
| Yes | 181 (92.8) | 111 (29.9) | 30.3 (16.8, 54) | 27.6 (18.9, 37) | P < 0.004 |
| No | 14 (7.2) | 260 (70.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |