Table 1.

The characteristics of the respondents in the DHS pooled data 2000–2016, Ethiopia (n = 40,520)

Characteristic	Categories	Weighted frequency	Percent
Child’s characteristics
Sex of the child	Male	20,629	50.9
	Female	19,890	49.1
Age of the child	0–12 months	10,040	24.8
	13–24 months	8093	20.0
	≥25 months	22,386	55.2
Diarrhea in the past 2 weeks (n = 38,037)	Yes	6616	17.4
	No	31,421	82.6
Mother’s characteristics
Age of mother (in years)	15–24	10,216	25.2
	25–34	20,388	50.3
	> = 35	9916	24.5
Marital status	Married	37,281	92.0
	Divorced/separated	1651	4.1
	Widowed	576	1.4
	Living with a partner	823	2.0
	Single	188	0.5
Mother’s working status (n = 40,404)	Not working	21,250	52.6
	Working	19,155	47.4
Mother’s education	No education	30,365	74.9
	Primary	8258	20.4
	Secondary	1527	3.8
	Higher	369	0.9
Paternal characteristics
Partner educational level (n = 39,822)	No education	22,254	55.9
	Primary	13,485	33.9
	Secondary	3193	8.0
	Higher	890	2.2
Partner occupational status (n = 40,006)	Working in agriculture	32,539	81.3
	Work in non-agriculture	6794	17.0
	Not working	673	1.7
Household characteristics
Household size	Less than 5	9841	24.3
	5 or more	30,679	75.7
Number of children 5 and below	2 or less	33,572	82.9
	3 and above	6948	17.1
Sex of household head	Male	35,364	87.3
	Female	5156	12.7
Place of residence	Urban	4032	10.0
	Rural	36,488	90.0
Main floor material (n = 39,595)	Cement	2705	6.8
	Earth	36,890	93.2
Media exposure
Listening radio (n = 40,508)	Yes	14,094	34.8
	No	26,414	65.2
Watching TV (n = 40,476)	Yes	6369	84.3
	No	34,107	15.7
Water and sanitation facility
Sources of drinking water (n = 39,685)	Improved	17,519	44.1
	Unimproved	22,165	55.9
Latrine type (n = 39,698)	Improved	4475	11.3
	Unimproved	35,223	88.7
Survey year	2000	11,550	28.5
	2005	10,692	26.4
	2011	11,413	28.2
	2016	6864	16.9